Beazley plc (LON:BEZ - Get Free Report) insider Carolyn Johnson bought 22,800 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 14th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 776 per share, for a total transaction of £176,928.
Beazley Stock Up 0.1%
LON BEZ traded up GBX 1 during trading on Wednesday, hitting GBX 785. 6,154,570 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,232,423. The company has a market capitalization of £6.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 4.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 0.68. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 899.63 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 892.33. Beazley plc has a 12-month low of GBX 727.70 and a 12-month high of GBX 983.50.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several research analysts have recently commented on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price target on Beazley from GBX 1,125 to GBX 1,000 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. Berenberg Bank restated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 1,150 target price on shares of Beazley in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, Beazley has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of GBX 1,075.
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Beazley plc provides risk insurance and reinsurance solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates through Cyber Risks, Digital, MAP Risks, Property Risks, and Specialty Risks segments. The Cyber Risk segment underwrites cyber and technology risks.
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