Kiet Huynh Acquires 5 Shares of Rotork (LON:ROR) Stock

Key Points

• Rotork insider Kiet Huynh purchased 5 shares at GBX 3,100 each, for a total of £155. Huynh has also made two earlier purchases, bringing his recent insider buying activity to three transactions.
• Rotork reported quarterly EPS of GBX 7.40, with a 15.75% net margin and 21.48% return on equity. Analysts forecast full-year EPS of approximately GBX 16.46.
• Analyst sentiment remains positive, with four Buy ratings and three Holds, producing a “Moderate Buy” consensus; the average price target is GBX 433.50.

Rotork plc (LON:ROR - Get Free Report) insider Kiet Huynh bought 5 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 10th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 3,100 per share, with a total value of £155.

Kiet Huynh also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 10th, Kiet Huynh bought 31 shares of Rotork stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 487 per share, with a total value of £150.97.
• On Friday, July 10th, Kiet Huynh acquired 51 shares of Rotork stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 295 per share, with a total value of £150.45.

Rotork Price Performance

ROR stock opened at GBX 484.20 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.01, a current ratio of 2.54 and a quick ratio of 2.16. Rotork plc has a 1 year low of GBX 286.40 and a 1 year high of GBX 489.20. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 454.73 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 367.38. The company has a market cap of £3.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.72, a PEG ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.05.

Rotork (LON:ROR - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported GBX 7.40 EPS for the quarter. Rotork had a net margin of 15.75% and a return on equity of 21.48%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Rotork plc will post 16.4574899 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ROR has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada downgraded shares of Rotork to a "sector perform" rating and lifted their target price for the stock from GBX 400 to GBX 503 in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Rotork from GBX 390 to GBX 405 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 1st. Finally, Peel Hunt reiterated a "hold" rating and set a GBX 503 price objective on shares of Rotork in a research report on Tuesday, August 4th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of GBX 433.50.

Rotork Company Profile

Rotork is a market-leading global provider of mission-critical intelligent flow control solutions for oil & gas, water and wastewater, power, chemical process and industrial applications. We help customers around the world to improve efficiency, reduce emissions, minimise their environmental impact and assure safety. Rotork employs about 3,200 people, has manufacturing facilities in more than 17 locations and serves 170 countries through a global service network. Its shares have a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange symbol: ROR and are a constituent of the FTSE 250 index.

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