Richard Orders Acquires 5,000 Shares of Savills (LON:SVS) Stock

Key Points

• Insider purchase: Director Richard Orders bought 5,000 shares on March 24 at an average of GBX 831 per share, a total of £41,550.
• Analyst outlook and valuation: Shore Capital reaffirmed a "buy" and the stock's average price target is GBX 1,180 versus a recent price around GBX 827, with Savills trading at a PE of ~21.9 and a market cap of about £1.13 billion.
• Recent results: Savills reported quarterly EPS of GBX 77.20 (analysts expect ~76.15 EPS for the fiscal year) with a return on equity of 9.7% and a net margin of 2.78%.

Savills plc (LON:SVS - Get Free Report) insider Richard Orders bought 5,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 831 per share, with a total value of £41,550.

Savills Stock Down 1.5%

SVS opened at GBX 827 on Thursday. The business's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 1,005.37 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 991.88. Savills plc has a 52 week low of GBX 815 and a 52 week high of GBX 1,126. The company has a quick ratio of 1.22, a current ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.81. The stock has a market cap of £1.13 billion, a PE ratio of 21.88, a P/E/G ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.25.

Savills (LON:SVS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 12th. The company reported GBX 77.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Savills had a return on equity of 9.70% and a net margin of 2.78%. As a group, research analysts expect that Savills plc will post 76.1455526 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Shore Capital Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of Savills in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of GBX 1,180.

About Savills

Founded in the UK in 1855, Savills is one of the world's leading property agents. Our experience and expertise spans the globe, with 600 offices across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. Our scale gives us wide-ranging specialist and local knowledge, and we take pride in providing best-in-class advice as we help individuals, businesses and institutions make better property decisions.

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