Chesnara (LON:CSN) Insider Acquires 4,024 Shares of Stock

Key Points

• Chesnara insider Steve Murray purchased 4,024 shares at GBX 346 each, for a total of £13,923.04. This follows two additional purchases totaling 14,555 shares in August.
• Chesnara shares opened at GBX 353.22, with a 52-week range of GBX 265 to GBX 378 and a market capitalization of approximately £817.15 million.
• Analysts remain positive, with an overall “Buy” rating and a consensus price target of GBX 418.50 after Royal Bank of Canada and Berenberg raised their targets.

Chesnara plc (LON:CSN - Get Free Report) insider Steve Murray acquired 4,024 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 10th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 346 per share, with a total value of £13,923.04.

Steve Murray also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, August 25th, Steve Murray purchased 13,102 shares of Chesnara stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 342 per share, with a total value of £44,808.84.
• On Tuesday, August 25th, Steve Murray bought 1,453 shares of Chesnara stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 342 per share, with a total value of £4,969.26.

Chesnara Price Performance

Shares of CSN stock opened at GBX 353.22 on Friday. Chesnara plc has a one year low of GBX 265 and a one year high of GBX 378. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 341.28 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 323.26. The stock has a market cap of £817.15 million, a P/E ratio of 257.64 and a beta of 0.53.

Chesnara (LON:CSN - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 25th. The company reported GBX 0.22 earnings per share for the quarter. Chesnara had a return on equity of 0.25% and a net margin of 0.04%. Equities research analysts anticipate that Chesnara plc will post 25.3183154 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on CSN shares. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on Chesnara from GBX 360 to GBX 400 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Berenberg Bank upped their price target on Chesnara from GBX 404 to GBX 437 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 26th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 418.50.

About Chesnara

Chesnara (CSN.L) is a European life and pensions consolidator listed on the London Stock Exchange. It administers approximately one million policies and operates as Countrywide Assured in the UK, as The Waard Group and Scildon in the Netherlands, and as Movestic in Sweden. Following a three-pillar strategy, Chesnara's primary responsibility is the efficient administration of its customers' life and savings policies, ensuring good customer outcomes and providing a secure and compliant environment to protect policyholder interests.

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