Harworth Group (LON:HWG) Insider Acquires £150.36 in Stock

Key Points

• Harworth Group insider Lynda Shillaw purchased 84 shares at GBX 179 each, spending £150.36. She has also made two smaller purchases since May.
• Harworth shares traded at GBX 176.20, near their one-year high of GBX 184, with a market capitalization of approximately £573 million.
• Analysts remain positive, with all four covering the stock rating it a Buy and a consensus price target of GBX 196.75.

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG - Get Free Report) insider Lynda Shillaw bought 84 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 17th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 179 per share, for a total transaction of £150.36.

Lynda Shillaw also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, July 15th, Lynda Shillaw acquired 118 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 127 per share, for a total transaction of £149.86.
• On Tuesday, May 26th, Lynda Shillaw bought 175 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 124 per share, with a total value of £217.

Harworth Group Stock Performance

LON:HWG traded down GBX 3.40 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting GBX 176.20. The company's stock had a trading volume of 76,761 shares, compared to its average volume of 558,295. The business's fifty day moving average is GBX 135.57 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 144.29. The stock has a market cap of £573.04 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 62.93 and a beta of 0.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 24.93, a current ratio of 457.81 and a quick ratio of 1.13. Harworth Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 116.80 and a 1 year high of GBX 184.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have commented on the company. Peel Hunt restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 200 price objective on shares of Harworth Group in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 170 target price on shares of Harworth Group in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 196.75.

Harworth Group Company Profile

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. Visit www.harworthgroup.com for further information.

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