Laure Duhot Acquires 20,868 Shares of Primary Health Properties Plc (LON:PHP) Stock

Key Points

• Insider Laure Duhot purchased 20,868 shares of Primary Health Properties Plc at an average price of GBX 96 ($1.27), totaling £20,033.28 ($26,601.09) on August 1st.
• As of Monday, shares opened at GBX 96.30 ($1.28) with a market capitalization of £1.29 billion and a PE ratio of -150.32.
• Analysts project that Primary Health Properties will post earnings per share of approximately 7.09 for the current year, despite reporting a negative return on equity of 0.61% in their last earnings report.

Primary Health Properties Plc (LON:PHP - Get Free Report) insider Laure Duhot acquired 20,868 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 1st. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 96 ($1.28) per share, with a total value of £20,033.28 ($26,760.99).

Primary Health Properties Price Performance

Shares of LON PHP traded down GBX 0.35 ($0.00) during midday trading on Thursday, reaching GBX 94.50 ($1.26). The stock had a trading volume of 13,829,938 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,590,057. The company has a market capitalization of £1.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -147.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.64 and a beta of 0.41. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 98.38 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 96.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 96.73, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a current ratio of 0.50. Primary Health Properties Plc has a 12-month low of GBX 85.40 ($1.14) and a 12-month high of GBX 105.50 ($1.41).

Primary Health Properties (LON:PHP - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The real estate investment trust reported GBX 3.50 ($0.05) earnings per share for the quarter. Primary Health Properties had a negative return on equity of 0.61% and a negative net margin of 4.84%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Primary Health Properties Plc will post 7.0875912 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Shore Capital reissued a "buy" rating on shares of Primary Health Properties in a research note on Thursday.

About Primary Health Properties

Primary Health Properties plc is a leading investor in modern primary healthcare properties. The Company acquires or forward funds the development of modern, purpose-built premises that are leased to GP's, government healthcare bodies, pharmacies and other providers of related healthcare services.