Ryan Mangold Sells 50,000 Shares of FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP) Stock

FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP - Get Free Report) insider Ryan Mangold sold 50,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, June 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 225 ($3.05), for a total value of £112,500 ($152,666.58).

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

• On Friday, June 13th, Ryan Mangold sold 950,000 shares of FirstGroup stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 224 ($3.04), for a total value of £2,128,000 ($2,887,773.10).
• On Tuesday, May 13th, Ryan Mangold acquired 81 shares of FirstGroup stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 185 ($2.51) per share, for a total transaction of £149.85 ($203.35).

FirstGroup Stock Down 0.5%

LON:FGP traded down GBX 1.20 ($0.02) during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching GBX 226.40 ($3.07). The stock had a trading volume of 1,128,886 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,954,383. The company has a market capitalization of £1.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -105.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.21 and a beta of 1.59. FirstGroup plc has a 1-year low of GBX 128.60 ($1.75) and a 1-year high of GBX 238.20 ($3.23). The stock's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 182.49 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 169.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 257.49, a current ratio of 0.69 and a quick ratio of 0.74.

FirstGroup (LON:FGP - Get Free Report) last issued 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%. Equities analysts anticipate that FirstGroup plc will post 17.3782772 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

About FirstGroup

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.