Clive Watson Buys 4,919 Shares of Breedon Group plc (LON:BREE) Stock

Breedon Group plc (LON:BREE - Get Free Report) insider Clive Watson purchased 4,919 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 23rd. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 354 ($4.76) per share, for a total transaction of £17,413.26 ($23,398.63).

Clive Watson also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, July 23rd, Clive Watson acquired 2,406 shares of Breedon Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 359 ($4.82) per share, for a total transaction of £8,637.54 ($11,606.48).
• On Friday, June 13th, Clive Watson acquired 621 shares of Breedon Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 431 ($5.79) per share, for a total transaction of £2,676.51 ($3,596.49).
• On Friday, May 2nd, Clive Watson acquired 3,223 shares of Breedon Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 450 ($6.05) per share, for a total transaction of £14,503.50 ($19,488.71).

Breedon Group Price Performance

Shares of LON:BREE traded down GBX 1.80 ($0.02) during trading on Monday, hitting GBX 360 ($4.84). 3,110,537 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,929,378. 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 current ratio of 1.44, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 44.86. The company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 413.90 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 433.82. The company has a market cap of £1.24 billion, a PE ratio of 12.89, a P/E/G ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.29.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

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.