Insider Buying: Genuit Group (LON:GEN) Insider Purchases 2,650 Shares of Stock

Key Points

• Insider Tim Pullen bought 2,650 shares of Genuit Group on March 19 at GBX 282 per share, a transaction worth £7,473.
• Shares rose 1.9% to GBX 292 on heavy volume (7.5M vs. average 1.7M); the company has a market cap of £731.9M, a PE of 15.05 and a 52-week range of GBX 279–423.39.
• Analysts' consensus is positive: four Buy ratings with an average target of GBX 464.75 (recent targets up to GBX 500); the company reported quarterly EPS of GBX 26 and analysts forecast about 27.68 EPS for the year.

Genuit Group plc (LON:GEN - Get Free Report) insider Tim Pullen acquired 2,650 shares of Genuit Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 19th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 282 per share, with a total value of £7,473.

Genuit Group Stock Up 1.9%

Shares of GEN traded up GBX 5.50 during trading hours on Friday, hitting GBX 292. The company had a trading volume of 7,500,629 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,696,730. The company has a current ratio of 1.54, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 38.15. The company has a market capitalization of £731.90 million, a PE ratio of 15.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 1.53. Genuit Group plc has a one year low of GBX 279 and a one year high of GBX 423.39. The company's fifty day moving average price is GBX 340.78 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 342.01.

Genuit Group (LON:GEN - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 10th. The company reported GBX 26 earnings per share for the quarter. Genuit Group had a return on equity of 6.89% and a net margin of 7.51%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Genuit Group plc will post 27.6836158 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on GEN shares. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 500 price objective on shares of Genuit Group in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an "outperform" rating and set a GBX 500 target price on shares of Genuit Group in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a GBX 394 target price on shares of Genuit Group in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued an "overweight" rating on shares of Genuit Group in a report on Wednesday, January 7th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, Genuit Group has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of GBX 464.75.

Genuit Group Company Profile

Genuit Group plc is the UK's largest provider of sustainable water, climate and ventilation products for the built environment. Genuit's solutions allow customers to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change and meet evolving sustainability regulations and targets. The Group is divided into three Business Units, each of which addresses specific challenges in the built environment: - Climate Management Solutions - Addressing the drivers for low carbon heating and cooling, and clean and healthy air ventilation.

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