Rathbones Group Plc (LON:RAT) Insider Paul Stockton Acquires 8 Shares

Key Points

• Insider Paul Stockton acquired 8 shares of Rathbones Group Plc on August 4th at an average price of £1,920 per share.
• The stock price of Rathbones Group increased to GBX 1,946 during midday trading on August 5th, with a recent earnings per share report of GBX 75.60.
• Brokerage Canaccord Genuity raised its target price for Rathbones Group from GBX 2,084 to GBX 2,087, maintaining a "buy" rating.

Rathbones Group Plc (LON:RAT - Get Free Report) insider Paul Stockton purchased 8 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 4th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 1,920 ($25.82) per share, with a total value of £153.60 ($206.59).

Paul Stockton also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, July 4th, Paul Stockton purchased 8 shares of Rathbones Group stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 1,752 ($23.56) per share, with a total value of £140.16 ($188.51).

Rathbones Group Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of Rathbones Group stock traded up GBX 16 ($0.22) on Friday, hitting GBX 1,922 ($25.85). 59,386 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 108,867. Rathbones Group Plc has a one year low of GBX 1,374 ($18.48) and a one year high of GBX 1,970 ($26.50). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.87, a current ratio of 1.16 and a quick ratio of 0.14. The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 1,788.26 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 1,677.72. The company has a market capitalization of £2.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -26.52 and a beta of 0.65.

Rathbones Group (LON:RAT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported GBX 75.60 ($1.02) EPS for the quarter. Rathbones Group had a return on equity of 4.66% and a net margin of 7.25%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Rathbones Group Plc will post 174.9287749 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

RAT has been the subject of several recent research reports. Shore Capital reissued a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 2,200 ($29.59) price target on shares of Rathbones Group in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 2,000 ($26.90) price target on shares of Rathbones Group in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price target on Rathbones Group from GBX 2,084 ($28.03) to GBX 2,087 ($28.07) and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 1st.

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