Peel Hunt reiterated their buy rating on shares of Harworth Group (LON:HWG - Free Report) in a research note released on Monday morning, Marketbeat.com reports. Peel Hunt currently has a GBX 210 target price on the stock.
Separately, Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 210 target price on shares of Harworth Group in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of GBX 210.
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Harworth Group Stock Down 2.3%
HWG stock traded down GBX 4 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching GBX 168. The company had a trading volume of 1,054,278 shares, compared to its average volume of 244,717. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88, a current ratio of 2.59 and a quick ratio of 1.13. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 179.41 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 175.06. The company has a market capitalization of £545.11 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 971.10 and a beta of 0.74. Harworth Group has a 52 week low of GBX 155 and a 52 week high of GBX 195.
Harworth Group (LON:HWG - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 16th. The company reported GBX 3 earnings per share for the quarter. Harworth Group had a return on equity of 7.75% and a net margin of 52.25%. As a group, equities analysts predict that Harworth Group will post 15.3212521 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, insider Lynda Shillaw purchased 23,225 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 19th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 172 per share, with a total value of £39,947. Over the last ninety days, insiders purchased 23,893 shares of company stock worth $4,115,216. Company insiders own 1.49% of the company's stock.
Harworth Group Company Profile
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Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments.
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