Insider Buying: Premier Foods plc (LON:PFD) Insider Acquires 6,613 Shares of Stock

Premier Foods plc (LON:PFD - Get Free Report) insider Duncan Leggett purchased 6,613 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, May 30th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 209 ($2.83) per share, for a total transaction of £13,821.17 ($18,730.41).

Duncan Leggett also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, May 30th, Duncan Leggett sold 6,103 shares of Premier Foods stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 209 ($2.83), for a total value of £12,755.27 ($17,285.91).

Premier Foods Stock Down 0.7%

Shares of PFD stock traded down GBX 1.53 ($0.02) during trading hours on Thursday, reaching GBX 206.47 ($2.80). The company had a trading volume of 241,722 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,057,425. Premier Foods plc has a 12 month low of GBX 155 ($2.10) and a 12 month high of GBX 216.50 ($2.93). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 25.47, a current ratio of 1.14 and a quick ratio of 0.41. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 198.39 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 189.82. The company has a market cap of £1.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.08.

Premier Foods (LON:PFD - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 15th. The company reported GBX 14.50 ($0.20) earnings per share for the quarter. Premier Foods had a return on equity of 8.49% and a net margin of 9.89%. On average, research analysts expect that Premier Foods plc will post 13.2607117 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Premier Foods

Premier Foods plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes branded and own label food products in the United Kingdom, other European countries, and internationally. The company operates through Grocery, Sweet Treats, and international segments. It offers a portfolio of product categories, including flavorings and seasonings under the Bisto, OXO, Paxo, and Saxa brands; cooking sauces and accompaniments under the Sharwood's, Loyd Grossman, Spice Tailor and Homepride brands; quick meals, snacks, and soups under the Batchelors and Smash brands; ambient desserts under the Ambrosia, Bird's, and Angel Delight brands; and ambient cakes under the Mr Kipling and Cadbury brands.