Breedon Group plc (LON:BREE - Get Free Report) insider James Brotherton sold 43,648 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 430 ($5.72), for a total value of £187,686.40 ($249,549.79).
Breedon Group Stock Performance
LON BREE traded down GBX 4.60 ($0.06) during trading hours on Friday, reaching GBX 444.40 ($5.91). 1,208,322 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,522,044. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.91, a P/E/G ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 44.86. Breedon Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 356 ($4.73) and a 1 year high of GBX 501 ($6.66). The business's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 451.36 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 443.67.
Breedon Group (LON:BREE - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 5th. The company reported GBX 14.50 ($0.19) EPS for the quarter. Breedon Group had a return on equity of 8.58% and a net margin of 6.34%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Breedon Group plc will post 36.8586859 earnings per share for the current year.
Breedon Group Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 16th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 3rd will be issued a GBX 10 ($0.13) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 2.09%. This is an increase from Breedon Group's previous dividend of $4.50. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 3rd. Breedon Group's dividend payout ratio is presently 50.13%.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price target on shares of Breedon Group from GBX 650 ($8.64) to GBX 625 ($8.31) and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th. Berenberg Bank upped their target price on shares of Breedon Group from GBX 540 ($7.18) to GBX 590 ($7.84) and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 6th.
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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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