Shares of BT Group plc (LON:BT.A - Get Free Report) hit a new 52-week high during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as GBX 207.50 ($2.79) and last traded at GBX 206.40 ($2.77), with a volume of 41147004 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 199.40 ($2.68).
BT Group Trading Down 5.0%
The stock has a market cap of £20.68 billion, a PE ratio of 2,349.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.38 and a beta of 0.69. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 187.72 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 167.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 187.58, a current ratio of 0.89 and a quick ratio of 0.83.
BT Group (LON:BT.A - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 22nd. The communications services company reported GBX 18.80 ($0.25) earnings per share for the quarter. BT Group had a return on equity of 6.33% and a net margin of 4.11%. Sell-side analysts forecast that BT Group plc will post 19.1185956 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, insider Simon Lowth sold 134,546 shares of BT Group 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 ($343,506.32). Corporate insiders own 43.86% of the company's stock.
BT Group Company Profile
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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.
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