Entain (LON:ENT) Stock Price Up 15.3% - Still a Buy?

Entain Plc (LON:ENT - Get Free Report)'s stock price shot up 15.3% during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as GBX 869.80 ($11.80) and last traded at GBX 866 ($11.75). 3,262,686 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 47% from the average session volume of 6,158,232 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 751.40 ($10.20).

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ENT has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Shore Capital reissued a "buy" rating on shares of Entain in a research note on Tuesday, April 29th. Berenberg Bank reissued a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 1,000 ($13.57) price objective on shares of Entain in a research report on Thursday, May 1st.

Entain Price Performance

The stock has a market cap of £5.56 billion, a P/E ratio of -11.81, a PEG ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 1.19. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 675.30 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 689.17. The company has a current ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 188.61.

Insider Buying and Selling at Entain

In other Entain news, insider Ricky Sandler sold 3,242,667 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 751 ($10.19), for a total value of £24,352,429.17 ($33,047,128.74). Insiders own 0.26% of the company's stock.

About Entain

Entain plc LSE: ENT is a FTSE100 company and is one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming groups, operating both online and in the retail sector. The Group owns a comprehensive portfolio of established brands; Sports brands include BetCity, bwin, Coral, Crystalbet, Eurobet, Ladbrokes, Neds, Sportingbet, Sports Interaction, STS, SuperSport and TAB NZ; Gaming brands include Foxy Bingo, Gala, GiocoDigitale, Ninja Casino, Optibet, Partypoker and PartyCasino.

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