Mortgage Advice Bureau (LON:MAB1) Reaches New 1-Year Low - Here's Why

Key Points

• Share price hit a new 52‑week low, trading as low as GBX 500 and last at GBX 540 on heavy volume (5,396,544 shares), well below its 50‑day (GBX 651.36) and 200‑day (GBX 676.32) moving averages.
• Analysts remain bullish — Berenberg reissued a Buy with a GBX 1,150 price target and MarketBeat shows a consensus Buy with the same average target, implying substantial upside from current levels.
• Fundamentals and insider activity: MAB has a market cap of £313.3M, P/E 16.51, PEG 0.81, last quarter EPS GBX 44.50 with ROE 20.53%, and an insider bought shares at GBX 805 while insiders own 24.3% of the company.

Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc (LON:MAB1 - Get Free Report)'s share price hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Monday . The stock traded as low as GBX 500 and last traded at GBX 540, with a volume of 5396544 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 536.55.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

Mortgage Advice Bureau Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 0.71, a quick ratio of 2.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 24.62. The company has a market cap of £313.32 million, a P/E ratio of 16.51, a PEG ratio of 0.81 and a beta of 1.09. The business's fifty day moving average is GBX 651.36 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 676.32.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Mortgage Advice Bureau

In other news, insider Nathan James McLean Imlach acquired 231 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 30th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 805 per share, with a total value of £1,859.55. Insiders own 24.30% of the company's stock.

Mortgage Advice Bureau Company Profile

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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