Insider Buying: Smiths Group plc (LON:SMIN) Insider Buys 773 Shares of Stock

Key Points

• Roland Carter, an insider at Smiths Group plc, purchased 773 shares at an average price of GBX 1,163, totaling approximately £8,990.
• Smiths Group's stock has recently declined by 1.7%, trading at GBX 2,312 with a market capitalization of £7.88 billion.
• The company's stock has a PE ratio of 32.12 and a PEG ratio of 0.35, indicating its financial standings in the market.

Smiths Group plc (LON:SMIN - Get Free Report) insider Roland Carter acquired 773 shares of Smiths Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 1st. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 1,163 ($15.44) per share, for a total transaction of £8,989.99 ($11,937.31).

Smiths Group Trading Down 1.9%

Smiths Group stock traded down GBX 44 ($0.58) during midday trading on Friday, reaching GBX 2,308 ($30.65). The stock had a trading volume of 557,827 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,843,881. The company has a quick ratio of 1.29, a current ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.55. Smiths Group plc has a 52-week low of GBX 1,514.66 ($20.11) and a 52-week high of GBX 2,384 ($31.66). The firm has a market cap of £7.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.66. The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 2,255.07 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 2,055.38.

Smiths Group Company Profile

Smiths Group plc operates as an industrial technology company in Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through four businesses: John Crane, Smiths Detection, Flex-Tek, and Smiths Interconnect. The John Crane business offers mechanical seals, seal support systems, power transmission couplings, and specialized filtration systems.