Rathbones Group Plc (LON:RAT) Insider Acquires £153.60 in Stock

Key Points

• Iain Hooley, an insider at Rathbones Group Plc, acquired 8 shares of the company's stock at an average price of GBX 1,920 ($25.52) per share on August 4th.
• Rathbones Group's stock increased by **1.1%** to GBX 1,946 ($25.86) on a recent trading day, with a market capitalization of £2.02 billion.
• Analysts have varying opinions on Rathbones Group, with price targets ranging from GBX **2,000** to **2,200**, while Deutsche Bank has a "hold" rating and Shore Capital maintains a "buy" rating.

Rathbones Group Plc (LON:RAT - Get Free Report) insider Iain Hooley bought 8 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 4th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 1,920 ($25.82) per share, with a total value of £153.60 ($206.59).

Iain Hooley also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, July 4th, Iain Hooley bought 8 shares of Rathbones Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 1,752 ($23.56) per share, with a total value of £140.16 ($188.51).

Rathbones Group Trading Up 0.8%

Rathbones Group stock traded up GBX 16 ($0.22) during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting GBX 1,922 ($25.85). The stock had a trading volume of 59,386 shares, compared to its average volume of 108,867. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 1,788.26 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 1,677.72. The stock has a market capitalization of £2.00 billion, a PE ratio of 31.28, a P/E/G ratio of -26.52 and a beta of 0.65. Rathbones Group Plc has a 12 month low of GBX 1,374 ($18.48) and a 12 month high of GBX 1,970 ($26.50). The company has a current ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 0.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.87.

Rathbones Group (LON:RAT - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported GBX 75.60 ($1.02) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Rathbones Group had a return on equity of 4.66% and a net margin of 7.25%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Rathbones Group Plc will post 174.9287749 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

RAT has been the subject of a number of research reports. Shore Capital restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 2,200 ($29.59) target price on shares of Rathbones Group in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 2,000 ($26.90) price target on shares of Rathbones Group in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group raised their price target on Rathbones Group from GBX 2,084 ($28.03) to GBX 2,087 ($28.07) and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 1st.

Rathbones Group Company Profile