Breedon Group (LON:BREE) Insider James Brotherton Sells 19,318 Shares

Key Points

• Insider sale: On April 13, insider James Brotherton sold 19,318 shares at an average price of GBX 314, totaling £60,658.52.
• Analyst sentiment: The stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" (four Buys, one Hold) with a consensus target of GBX 449; Berenberg's target is GBX 465 while Stifel cut its target to GBX 415.
• Market snapshot: Breedon traded up 1.9% to GBX 318, with a market cap of £1.10 billion and a P/E of 13.14, and a 12‑month range of GBX 294.20–483.

Breedon Group plc (LON:BREE - Get Free Report) insider James Brotherton sold 19,318 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 314, for a total transaction of £60,658.52.

Breedon Group Trading Up 1.9%

Shares of Breedon Group stock traded up GBX 6 during trading on Tuesday, hitting GBX 318. The stock had a trading volume of 3,609,653 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,006,406. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 333.52 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 333.62. The stock has a market cap of £1.10 billion, a PE ratio of 13.14, a PEG ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.71, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.12. Breedon Group plc has a 12 month low of GBX 294.20 and a 12 month high of GBX 483.

Breedon Group (LON:BREE - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 31.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Breedon Group had a net margin of 4.89% and a return on equity of 7.14%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Breedon Group plc will post 36.8586859 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on BREE shares. Berenberg Bank reiterated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 465 price objective on shares of Breedon Group in a report on Monday, March 16th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of Breedon Group from GBX 430 to GBX 415 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, March 31st. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 449.

About Breedon Group

Breedon Group plc, a leading vertically-integrated construction materials group in Great Britain, Ireland and the USA, delivers essential products to the construction sector. Breedon holds 1.5bn tonnes of mineral reserves and resources with long reserve life, supplying value-added products and services, including specialty materials, surfacing and highway maintenance operations, to a broad range of customers through its extensive local network of quarries, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt plants.

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