BT Group (LON:BT.A) Sets New 12-Month High - Still a Buy?

BT Group plc (LON:BT.A - Get Free Report)'s stock price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as GBX 198.95 ($2.67) and last traded at GBX 198.06 ($2.66), with a volume of 43165648 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 197.85 ($2.66).

BT Group Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 187.58, a current ratio of 0.89 and a quick ratio of 0.83. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 183.29 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 164.89. The stock has a market capitalization of £19.36 billion, a PE ratio of 2,199.44, a P/E/G ratio of 0.38 and a beta of 0.69.

BT Group (LON:BT.A - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 22nd. The communications services company reported GBX 18.80 ($0.25) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. BT Group had a return on equity of 6.33% and a net margin of 4.11%. Research analysts expect that BT Group plc will post 19.1185956 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Simon Lowth sold 134,546 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 190 ($2.55), for a total value of £255,637.40 ($343,137.45). Corporate insiders own 43.86% of the company's stock.

BT Group Company Profile

BT Group is the UK's leading provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications and related secure digital products, solutions and services. We also provide managed telecommunications, security and network and IT infrastructure services to customers across 180 countries. BT Group consists of three customer-facing units: Consumer serves individuals and families in the UK; Business* covers companies and public services in the UK and internationally; Openreach is an independently governed, wholly owned subsidiary wholesaling fixed access infrastructure services to its customers - over 650 communication providers across the UK. British Telecommunications plc is a wholly owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group.