Mortgage Advice Bureau (LON:MAB1) Insider Purchases £1,914.18 in Stock

Key Points

• Insider buying: Director Nathan James McLean Imlach bought 366 shares on April 30 at GBX 523 (total £1,914.18) and had earlier bought 352 shares on April 15 at GBX 576 (total £2,027.52).
• Stock and trading snapshot: MAB1 fell 1.1% to GBX 526 on Friday with volume of 82,521 versus an average 413,140, and the company has a market cap of £305.2M, a P/E of 20.39 and a 12‑month range of GBX 500–924.
• Analyst view: Berenberg reissued a "Buy" rating with a GBX 1,150 price target, matching the stock's average analyst target and implying substantial upside from the current price.

Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc (LON:MAB1 - Get Free Report) insider Nathan James McLean Imlach purchased 366 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 30th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 523 per share, with a total value of £1,914.18.

Nathan James McLean Imlach also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, April 15th, Nathan James McLean Imlach purchased 352 shares of Mortgage Advice Bureau stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 576 per share, with a total value of £2,027.52.

Mortgage Advice Bureau Stock Down 1.1%

MAB1 stock traded down GBX 6 during trading hours on Friday, hitting GBX 526. The company's stock had a trading volume of 82,521 shares, compared to its average volume of 413,140. The company has a quick ratio of 2.21, a current ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 24.62. The company has a market capitalization of £305.20 million, a PE ratio of 20.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.81 and a beta of 1.10. Mortgage Advice Bureau has a 12 month low of GBX 500 and a 12 month high of GBX 924. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 574.70 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 653.91.

Mortgage Advice Bureau (LON:MAB1 - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 17th. The company reported GBX 44.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Mortgage Advice Bureau had a net margin of 4.75% and a return on equity of 20.53%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Mortgage Advice Bureau will post 44.7385003 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Berenberg Bank reissued a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 1,150 price target on shares of Mortgage Advice Bureau in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of GBX 1,150.

About Mortgage Advice Bureau

MAB is one of the UK's leading consumer intermediary brands and specialist networks for mortgage advisers. Through its partner firms known as Appointed Representatives (ARs), MAB has approximately 2,000 advisers providing expert advice to customers on a range of mortgage, specialist lending, protection, and general insurance products. MAB supports its AR firms with proprietary technology and services, including adviser recruitment and lead generation, learning and development, compliance auditing and supervision, and digital marketing and website solutions.

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