Marshalls (LON:MSLH) Earns "Buy" Rating from Peel Hunt

Key Points

• Peel Hunt has reissued a "buy" rating for Marshalls (LON:MSLH) with a target price of GBX 290 ($3.90), indicating a potential upside of 37.64% from the current price.
• Other analysts, such as the Royal Bank Of Canada, have lowered their price objectives for Marshalls, with estimates dropping from GBX 370 ($4.97) to GBX 240 ($3.22).
• Marshalls' stock has shown slight growth, with shares trading up 0.6% on Friday, reflecting a current price of GBX 210.69 ($2.83).

Marshalls (LON:MSLH - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "buy" rating reissued by investment analysts at Peel Hunt in a report released on Friday,London Stock Exchange reports. They presently have a GBX 290 ($3.90) target price on the stock. Peel Hunt's target price indicates a potential upside of 37.64% from the company's current price.

Several other analysts also recently weighed in on MSLH. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price objective on Marshalls from GBX 370 ($4.97) to GBX 240 ($3.22) and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research report on Monday. Berenberg Bank dropped their target price on shares of Marshalls from GBX 420 ($5.64) to GBX 360 ($4.84) and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Monday.

Marshalls Trading Up 0.6%

Shares of MSLH stock opened at GBX 210.69 ($2.83) on Friday. Marshalls has a fifty-two week low of GBX 197.40 ($2.65) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 366 ($4.92). The stock's fifty day moving average price is GBX 269.11 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 260.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 33.19, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a current ratio of 1.86. The company has a market cap of £529.99 million, a PE ratio of 24.61, a P/E/G ratio of 0.17 and a beta of 1.26.

Marshalls Company Profile

Established in the late 1880s, Marshalls plc is a leading UK manufacturer of sustainable solutions for the built environment. It operates through three trading divisions: Landscape Products; Roofing Products; and Building Products. At a Group, divisional and brand level, Marshalls' strategy centres around its customers who value its unique set of capabilities, namely leading brands, best in class technical and design support and carbon leadership.

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