Rotork (LON:ROR) Insider Kiet Huynh Purchases 45 Shares

Key Points

• Insider purchases: Kiet Huynh has made three recent buys totalling 132 shares (latest 45 shares on April 10 at GBX 336, £151.20), showing repeated insider buying activity in Rotork.
• Stock and analyst snapshot: Rotork traded around GBX 327.80"Moderate Buy" with a consensus target of GBX 396 despite some recent downward target revisions.

Rotork plc (LON:ROR - Get Free Report) insider Kiet Huynh bought 45 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 10th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 336 per share, with a total value of £151.20.

Kiet Huynh also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, March 10th, Kiet Huynh purchased 47 shares of Rotork stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 319 per share, with a total value of £149.93.
• On Tuesday, February 10th, Kiet Huynh purchased 40 shares of Rotork stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 371 per share, for a total transaction of £148.40.

Rotork Price Performance

Shares of ROR traded down GBX 8 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching GBX 327.80. 2,847,865 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 10,579,540. The company has a market cap of £2.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a current ratio of 2.50, a quick ratio of 2.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.69. Rotork plc has a 1 year low of GBX 285.40 and a 1 year high of GBX 393.60. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 347.28 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 340.47.

Rotork (LON:ROR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The company reported GBX 17 EPS for the quarter. Rotork had a return on equity of 20.10% and a net margin of 14.85%. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Rotork plc will post 16.4574899 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on ROR shares. Berenberg Bank cut their price objective on shares of Rotork from GBX 430 to GBX 420 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on shares of Rotork from GBX 420 to GBX 390 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 396.

Rotork Company Profile

Rotork is a market-leading global provider of mission-critical intelligent flow control solutions for oil & gas, water and wastewater, power, chemical process and industrial applications. We help customers around the world to improve efficiency, reduce emissions, minimise their environmental impact and assure safety. Rotork employs about 3,200 people, has manufacturing facilities in more than 17 locations and serves 170 countries through a global service network. Its shares have a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange symbol: ROR and are a constituent of the FTSE 250 index.

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