Breedon Group plc (LON:BREE) Insider Rob Wood Purchases 13,701 Shares

Breedon Group plc (LON:BREE - Get Free Report) insider Rob Wood bought 13,701 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 23rd. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 360 ($4.84) per share, with a total value of £49,323.60 ($66,277.34).

Breedon Group Price Performance

Shares of LON BREE traded down GBX 1.80 ($0.02) during midday trading on Monday, reaching GBX 360 ($4.84). 3,110,537 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,929,378. The firm has a market cap of £1.24 billion, a PE ratio of 12.89, a PEG ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.29. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 413.90 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 433.82. Breedon Group plc has a 12 month low of GBX 344 ($4.62) and a 12 month high of GBX 501 ($6.73). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 44.86, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a current ratio of 1.44.

Breedon Group (LON:BREE - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 23rd. The company reported GBX 11.20 ($0.15) EPS for the quarter. Breedon Group had a return on equity of 8.58% and a net margin of 6.34%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Breedon Group plc will post 36.8586859 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have weighed in on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their target price on shares of Breedon Group from GBX 650 ($8.73) to GBX 625 ($8.40) and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 15th. Berenberg Bank cut their price target on shares of Breedon Group from GBX 590 ($7.93) to GBX 540 ($7.26) and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd.

Breedon Group Company Profile

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.