Currys plc (LON:CURY) Insider Sells £153,824.64 in Stock

Key Points

• Insider Alex Baldock sold 136,128 shares of Currys plc at an average price of GBX 113, totaling £153,824.64 on August 12th.
• Currys' stock has recently seen a 0.3% decline, with shares trading at GBX 112.50, while the company's market capitalization stands at £1.22 billion.
• Equities analysts have varied opinions on the stock, with Deutsche Bank and Berenberg Bank rating it as a "buy", setting price targets of GBX 130 and GBX 175 respectively.

Currys plc (LON:CURY - Get Free Report) insider Alex Baldock sold 136,128 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 113 ($1.53), for a total value of £153,824.64 ($208,490.97).

Alex Baldock also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, July 25th, Alex Baldock sold 671,132 shares of Currys stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 115 ($1.56), for a total value of £771,801.80 ($1,046,085.39).

Currys Price Performance

CURY stock traded down GBX 0.34 ($0.00) during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching GBX 111.06 ($1.51). The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,918,822 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,099,063. The stock has a market cap of £1.21 billion, a PE ratio of 6.10 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a current ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 0.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 45.83. Currys plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 74.90 ($1.02) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 130.18 ($1.76). The company's 50 day moving average is GBX 117.85 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 107.81.

Currys (LON:CURY - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 3rd. The company reported GBX 10 ($0.14) earnings per share for the quarter. Currys had a net margin of 2.38% and a return on equity of 9.53%. Equities research analysts expect that Currys plc will post 9.5199569 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have weighed in on CURY. Citigroup lifted their target price on Currys from GBX 121 ($1.64) to GBX 150 ($2.03) and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 130 ($1.76) price target on shares of Currys in a report on Friday, July 4th. Berenberg Bank reissued a "buy" rating and set a GBX 175 ($2.37) price objective on shares of Currys in a report on Thursday, July 3rd. Finally, Shore Capital reissued a "no recommendation" rating on shares of Currys in a report on Thursday, July 3rd.

About Currys

Currys plc is a leading omnichannel retailer of technology products and services, operating online and through over 800 stores in 8 countries. We Help Everyone Enjoy Amazing Technology, however they choose to shop with us. In the UK & Ireland we trade as Currys; in the Nordics under the Elkjøp brand and as Kotsovolos in Greece.