FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP) Insider Sells £2,128,000 in Stock

FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP - Get Free Report) insider Ryan Mangold sold 950,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 224 ($3.04), for a total value of £2,128,000 ($2,889,341.48).

Ryan Mangold also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, June 13th, Ryan Mangold sold 50,000 shares of FirstGroup stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 225 ($3.05), for a total value of £112,500 ($152,749.49).
• On Tuesday, May 13th, Ryan Mangold acquired 81 shares of FirstGroup stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 185 ($2.51) per share, for a total transaction of £149.85 ($203.46).

FirstGroup Stock Performance

LON:FGP traded up GBX 1.40 ($0.02) on Friday, hitting GBX 227.60 ($3.09). The company's stock had a trading volume of 92,696,922 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,767,227. The company has a current ratio of 0.69, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 257.49. The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 181.02 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 169.18. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.34 billion, a P/E ratio of -106.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.21 and a beta of 1.59. FirstGroup plc has a one year low of GBX 128.60 ($1.75) and a one year high of GBX 238.20 ($3.23).

FirstGroup (LON:FGP - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June 10th. The transport operator reported GBX 19.40 ($0.26) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. FirstGroup had a negative return on equity of 2.54% and a negative net margin of 0.34%. Research analysts predict that FirstGroup plc will post 17.3782772 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Berenberg Bank restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 215 ($2.92) price objective on shares of FirstGroup in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd.

FirstGroup Company Profile

FirstGroup plc provides public transport services in the United Kingdom. The company operates through First Bus and First Rail segments. The First Bus segment offers local bus services with a fleet of approximately 4,900 buses in the United Kingdom. The First Rail segment operates a passenger rail network that provides long-distance, commuter, regional, and sleeper services through a portfolio of Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, TransPennine Express, and Avanti West Coast franchises; and hull trains and Lumos.