Shore Capital Group Reiterates "Buy" Rating for Fuller, Smith & Turner (LON:FSTA)

Key Points

• Shore Capital Group reaffirmed its “Buy” rating on Fuller, Smith & Turner and maintained a GBX 1,000 price target, implying 37.74% upside from the stock’s GBX 726 price.
• Fuller, Smith & Turner reported quarterly revenue of £397.8 million and earnings of GBX 47.18 per share, with a 5.33% net margin and 5.14% return on equity.
• Insider activity was mixed: James Fuller bought £10,001 of shares, while Fred Turner sold £67,920 worth; insiders have sold 29,400 shares over the past 90 days.

Fuller, Smith & Turner (LON:FSTA - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "buy" rating reaffirmed by research analysts at Shore Capital Group in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, London Stock Exchange reports. They currently have a GBX 1,000 price objective on the stock. Shore Capital Group's price objective would indicate a potential upside of 37.74% from the stock's current price.

Fuller, Smith & Turner Stock Up 0.8%

FSTA stock opened at GBX 726 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 0.36, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 50.97. Fuller, Smith & Turner has a 1 year low of GBX 550 and a 1 year high of GBX 780. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 737.95 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 698.59. The firm has a market cap of £379.83 million, a PE ratio of 18.81, a PEG ratio of 5.77 and a beta of 0.78.

Fuller, Smith & Turner (LON:FSTA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 10th. The company reported GBX 47.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Fuller, Smith & Turner had a net margin of 5.33% and a return on equity of 5.14%. The firm had revenue of £397.80 million during the quarter. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Fuller, Smith & Turner will post 29.5042322 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Fuller, Smith & Turner

In related news, insider James Fuller Bt bought 1,370 shares of Fuller, Smith & Turner stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 29th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 730 per share, for a total transaction of £10,001. Also, insider Fred Turner sold 9,166 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 741, for a total value of £67,920.06. Insiders have sold a total of 29,400 shares of company stock worth $21,717,607 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 2.14% of the company's stock.

Fuller, Smith & Turner Company Profile

Fuller, Smith & Turner PLC is the premium pubs and hotels business that is famous for beautiful and inviting pubs with delicious fresh food, a vibrant and interesting range of drinks, and engaging service from passionate people. Our purpose in life is to create experiences that nourish the soul. Fuller's has 200 managed businesses, with 1,024 boutique bedrooms, and 177 Tenanted Inns. The estate is predominately located in the South of England (44% of sites are within the M25) and stretches from our London heartland to the Jurassic Coast via the New Forest.

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