Insider Buying: abrdn (LON:ABDN) Insider Acquires £19,420.95 in Stock

Key Points

• Insider purchase: Katie Bickerstaffe bought 9,033 abrdn shares at GBX 215 each, totaling £19,420.95. She also purchased £19,951.20 worth of shares in July.
• Stock performance: abrdn shares recently traded at GBX 219.20, below their 50-day and 200-day moving averages, with a 52-week range of GBX 179.60 to GBX 265.
• Analyst outlook: Ratings are mixed, resulting in a consensus “Hold” rating and an average price target of GBX 226.50.

abrdn plc (LON:ABDN - Get Free Report) insider Katie Bickerstaffe bought 9,033 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 23rd. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 215 per share, for a total transaction of £19,420.95.

Katie Bickerstaffe also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, July 30th, Katie Bickerstaffe purchased 8,313 shares of abrdn stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 240 per share, with a total value of £19,951.20.

abrdn Price Performance

Shares of LON ABDN traded up GBX 3.60 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching GBX 219.20. 372,816,500 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 23,246,707. The company's 50 day moving average price is GBX 242.52 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 237.15. abrdn plc has a 52 week low of GBX 179.60 and a 52 week high of GBX 265. The company has a quick ratio of 24.97, a current ratio of 327.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.77. The stock has a market capitalization of £3.93 billion, a PE ratio of 10.49, a PEG ratio of 12.70 and a beta of 1.40.

abrdn (LON:ABDN - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported GBX 8.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. abrdn had a return on equity of 7.37% and a net margin of 28.07%. Sell-side analysts forecast that abrdn plc will post 15.23 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently commented on ABDN. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 210 price objective on shares of abrdn in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 270 target price on shares of abrdn in a report on Friday, July 31st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, abrdn has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of GBX 226.50.

abrdn Company Profile

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