PPHE Hotel Group (LON:PPH) Stock Price Passes Below 200 Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

Key Points

• PPHE Hotel Group's stock price dropped below its 200-day moving average, indicating potential concerns among investors.
• Analysts are revising their price targets for the stock, with JPMorgan lowering it from GBX 1,500 to GBX 1,400, and Jefferies from GBX 1,700 to GBX 1,600.
• Despite recent challenges, PPHE Hotel Group boasts a £570.78 million market cap and a moderately rated outlook, with a consensus price target of GBX 1,500.

Shares of PPHE Hotel Group Limited (LON:PPH - Get Free Report) passed below its two hundred day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 1,447.83 ($19.45) and traded as low as GBX 1,320 ($17.73). PPHE Hotel Group shares last traded at GBX 1,362 ($18.29), with a volume of 38,354 shares traded.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently commented on PPH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on PPHE Hotel Group from GBX 1,500 to GBX 1,400 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, September 11th. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price objective on PPHE Hotel Group from GBX 1,700 to GBX 1,600 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, September 22nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of GBX 1,500.

PPHE Hotel Group Trading Up 0.1%

The stock has a market cap of £570.78 million, a PE ratio of 2,674.51 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 390.56, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 0.98. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 1,519.20 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 1,447.83.

PPHE Hotel Group (LON:PPH - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 28th. The company reported GBX (7) earnings per share for the quarter. PPHE Hotel Group had a net margin of 5.15% and a return on equity of 7.10%. Equities analysts expect that PPHE Hotel Group Limited will post 85.2314475 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Marcia Bakker purchased 2,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 2nd. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 1,305 per share, with a total value of £26,100. Company insiders own 44.60% of the company's stock.

PPHE Hotel Group Company Profile

PPHE Hotel Group is an international hospitality real estate company, with a £2.2 billion portfolio, valued as at December 2024 by Savills and Zagreb nekretnine Ltd (ZANE), of primarily prime freehold and long leasehold assets in Europe. Through its subsidiaries, jointly controlled entities and associates it owns, co-owns, develops, leases, operates and franchises1 hospitality real estate.

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