Insider Buying: NCC Group (LON:NCC) Insider Purchases 116 Shares of 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 acquired 116 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 18th. The shares were bought 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 purchased 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 Stock Performance

LON:NCC traded up GBX 2 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting GBX 144. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,111,911 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,532,250. NCC Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 124 and a 1 year high of GBX 184.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.15, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.97. The stock has a market cap of £454.00 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -18.14 and a beta of 0.77. The business's fifty day moving average is GBX 147.65 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 143.81.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

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