NCC Group (LON:NCC) Insider Purchases £164.72 in Stock

Key Points

• NCC Group insider Mike Maddison purchased 116 shares at an average cost of GBX 142, totaling £164.72, following a previous purchase of 100 shares at GBX 166.
• The company's stock is currently trading at GBX 144 with a market cap of £454 million, amidst a negative net margin of 7.68% and a price-to-earnings ratio of -18.14.
• Analysts rate NCC Group as a "Buy" with a price target of GBX 175, as the company anticipates an EPS of 6.744373 for the current fiscal year.

NCC Group plc (LON:NCC - Get Free Report) insider Mike Maddison bought 116 shares of NCC Group stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 18th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 142 per share, for a total transaction of £164.72.

Mike Maddison also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, June 17th, Mike Maddison bought 100 shares of NCC Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 166 per share, for a total transaction of £166.

NCC Group Trading Up 1.7%

Shares of LON NCC traded up GBX 2.40 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting GBX 147.60. The company's stock had a trading volume of 478,558 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,518,908. The stock has a market cap of £465.35 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -18.59 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.15, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.97. NCC Group plc has a one year low of GBX 124 and a one year high of GBX 184.20. The company's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 146.11 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 143.93.

NCC Group (LON:NCC - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, June 19th. The company reported GBX 2.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. NCC Group had a negative net margin of 7.68% and a negative return on equity of 9.97%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that NCC Group plc will post 6.744373 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 175 target price on shares of NCC Group in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of GBX 175.

NCC Group Company Profile

NCC Group is a people-powered, tech-enabled global cyber security and software escrow business. Driven by a collective purpose to create a more secure digital future, c, 2,200 colleagues across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific harness their collective insight, intelligence, and innovation to deliver cyber resilience solutions for both public and private sector clients globally.