Insider Selling: Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) Insider Sells 29,313 Shares of Stock

Key Points

• Roland Carter, an insider at Smiths Group, sold 29,313 shares on October 13th at an average price of GBX 2,421, totaling approximately £709,667.
• Smiths Group's stock is currently trading at **GBX 2,351.03**, down from a recent 52-week high of **GBX 2,550** and with a market capitalization of **£7.64 billion**.
• The company reported an earnings per share (EPS) of **GBX 85.70** in its latest quarterly results, with analysts projecting an annual EPS of approximately **85.13**.

Smiths Group plc (LON:SMIN - Get Free Report) insider Roland Carter sold 29,313 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, October 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,421, for a total value of £709,667.73.

Roland Carter also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, August 1st, Roland Carter bought 773 shares of Smiths Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 1,163 per share, for a total transaction of £8,989.99.

Smiths Group Stock Performance

Shares of SMIN traded down GBX 26.97 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching GBX 2,351.03. The company had a trading volume of 922,017 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,780,588. Smiths Group plc has a 52-week low of GBX 1,514.66 and a 52-week high of GBX 2,550. The company has a quick ratio of 1.29, a current ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.55. The stock has a market capitalization of £7.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 2,756.19, a PEG ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.66. The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 2,352.14 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 2,183.21.

Smiths Group (LON:SMIN - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 23rd. The company reported GBX 85.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Smiths Group had a return on equity of 11.54% and a net margin of 7.98%. On average, analysts expect that Smiths Group plc will post 85.1295337 earnings per share for the current year.

About Smiths Group

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.

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