Cranswick plc (LON:CWK) Insider Sells £216,000 in Stock

Cranswick plc (LON:CWK - Get Free Report) insider Jim Brisby sold 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 5,400 ($72.56), for a total transaction of £216,000 ($290,244.56).

Jim Brisby also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, July 8th, Jim Brisby sold 12,346 shares of Cranswick stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 5,218 ($70.12), for a total transaction of £644,214.28 ($865,646.71).

Cranswick Stock Performance

Shares of LON:CWK traded down GBX 80 ($1.07) during midday trading on Monday, reaching GBX 5,240 ($70.41). The company's stock had a trading volume of 105,385 shares, compared to its average volume of 124,584. The firm has a market capitalization of £2.82 billion, a PE ratio of 24.94, a P/E/G ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 0.44. Cranswick plc has a twelve month low of GBX 4,440 ($59.66) and a twelve month high of GBX 5,590 ($75.11). The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 5,287.56 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 5,083.14. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.98.

Cranswick (LON:CWK - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 20th. The company reported GBX 273.40 ($3.67) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Cranswick had a net margin of 4.35% and a return on equity of 12.64%. On average, equities analysts expect that Cranswick plc will post 258.5590189 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently commented on CWK shares. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a "hold" rating and set a GBX 5,370 ($72.16) price target on shares of Cranswick in a research note on Monday, March 31st. Shore Capital reissued a "house stock" rating on shares of Cranswick in a research report on Monday.

Cranswick Company Profile

Cranswick is a leading and innovative British supplier of premium, fresh and added value food products, with revenues in excess of £2.0 billion. We produce and supply premium food to UK grocery retailers, the food service sector and other global food producers. Our core market is the United Kingdom where we provide a range of high quality, predominantly fresh food including Fresh Pork, Poultry, Convenience and Gourmet Products and more recently have further expanded our portfolio by adding high quality pet food.