Costain Group PLC (LON:COST - Get Free Report)'s stock price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 111.36 ($1.52) and traded as high as GBX 148.20 ($2.02). Costain Group shares last traded at GBX 142.20 ($1.94), with a volume of 1,100,933 shares traded.
Costain Group Price Performance
The stock has a market cap of £387.84 million, a PE ratio of 12.93, a P/E/G ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 2.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.86, a current ratio of 1.40 and a quick ratio of 1.32. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 126.58 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 111.36.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Costain Group news, insider Alex Vaughan sold 241,639 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 144 ($1.97), for a total transaction of £347,960.16 ($475,160.67). Also, insider Helen Willis sold 100,082 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 142 ($1.94), for a total transaction of £142,116.44 ($194,068.61). In the last 90 days, insiders sold 612,435 shares of company stock valued at $87,561,906. Insiders own 6.43% of the company's stock.
Costain Group Company Profile
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Costain helps to improve people's lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet thrive. We shape, create and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets.
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