Primary Health Properties (LON:PHP) Shares Pass Above 200 Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

Key Points

• Technical breakout: Shares crossed above their 200-day moving average (200‑day MA GBX 97.28), trading up to GBX 101.20 and last at GBX 100.40 on volume 6,828,399, though the stock remains just below its 50‑day MA of GBX 104.19.
• Analyst support and valuation: Berenberg raised its price target to GBX 128 and kept a "Buy" rating; the consensus from three analysts is a Buy with an average target of GBX 121, and the company has a market cap of £2.61 billion and a P/E of 13.94.

Primary Health Properties Plc (LON:PHP - Get Free Report)'s stock price crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 97.28 and traded as high as GBX 101.20. Primary Health Properties shares last traded at GBX 100.40, with a volume of 6,828,399 shares.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Berenberg Bank upped their price objective on Primary Health Properties from GBX 122 to GBX 128 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of GBX 121.

Primary Health Properties Trading Down 0.9%

The company has a market capitalization of £2.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.64 and a beta of 0.73. The firm's 50 day moving average price is GBX 104.19 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 97.28.

About Primary Health Properties

PHP invests in flexible, modern properties for local primary healthcare. The overall objective of the group is to create progressive returns to shareholders through a combination of earnings growth and capital appreciation. To achieve this, PHP invests in healthcare real estate let on long-term leases, backed by secure underlying covenants where the majority of rental income is funded directly or indirectly by a government body.

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