Insider Buying: Harworth Group (LON:HWG) Insider Buys 23,225 Shares of Stock

Key Points

• Insider Lynda Shillaw of Harworth Group purchased 23,225 shares at an average cost of GBX 172 per share, totaling approximately £39,947.
• Harworth Group has a market capitalization of £561.34 million and analysts have rated the stock with an average target price of GBX 210.
• The company reported an earnings per share (EPS) of GBX 3 for the last quarter and has a robust net margin of 52.25%.

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG - Get Free Report) insider Lynda Shillaw bought 23,225 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, September 19th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 172 per share, for a total transaction of £39,947.

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

• On Monday, September 15th, Lynda Shillaw purchased 88 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 171 per share, with a total value of £150.48.
• On Friday, August 15th, Lynda Shillaw acquired 82 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 183 per share, for a total transaction of £150.06.
• On Tuesday, July 15th, Lynda Shillaw acquired 80 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 189 per share, with a total value of £151.20.

Harworth Group Stock Performance

Shares of Harworth Group stock traded down GBX 4 during trading hours on Friday, hitting GBX 168. 1,054,278 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 244,717. The stock has a market capitalization of £545.11 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 971.10 and a beta of 0.74. Harworth Group plc has a 12-month low of GBX 155 and a 12-month high of GBX 195. 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 company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 179.01 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 175.31.

Harworth Group (LON:HWG - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 16th. The company reported GBX 3 earnings per share for the quarter. Harworth Group had a net margin of 52.25% and a return on equity of 7.75%. Equities research analysts anticipate that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

HWG has been the topic of a number of research reports. Peel Hunt reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 210 price target on shares of Harworth Group in a report on Monday, September 15th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 210 target price on shares of Harworth Group in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Two 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 an average target price of GBX 210.

About Harworth Group

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.