Insider Buying: Harworth Group (LON:HWG) Insider Purchases 82 Shares of Stock

Key Points

• Insider Lynda Shillaw purchased 82 shares of Harworth Group at an average price of GBX 183 ($2.48) per share, totaling £150.06 ($203.50) on August 15th.
• Harworth Group stock has seen a slight decline of 1.1%, trading at GBX 178 ($2.41) with a market cap of £586.01 million and a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.73.
• Analysts at Jefferies Financial Group have reaffirmed a "buy" rating on Harworth Group with a target price of GBX 210 ($2.85).

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG - Get Free Report) insider Lynda Shillaw purchased 82 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 15th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 183 per share, with a total value of £150.06.

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

• On Tuesday, July 15th, Lynda Shillaw purchased 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.
• On Monday, June 16th, Lynda Shillaw acquired 84 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 178 per share, with a total value of £149.52.

Harworth Group Price Performance

Shares of Harworth Group stock traded up GBX 0.50 on Friday, reaching GBX 176. The company's stock had a trading volume of 126,975 shares, compared to its average volume of 237,209. The company has a market capitalization of £579.43 million, a P/E ratio of 11.60 and a beta of 0.74. Harworth Group plc has a 52-week low of GBX 155 and a 52-week high of GBX 195. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 181.93 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 173.99. The company has a quick ratio of 1.13, a current ratio of 2.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 210 price objective on shares of Harworth Group in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target 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.