Jefferies Financial Group Reaffirms Buy Rating for Rotork (LON:ROR)

Key Points

• Rotork has retained a "buy" rating from Jefferies Financial Group, with a price target of GBX 430 ($5.72), indicating a potential upside of 29.75%.
• Despite the positive outlook from Jefferies, Rotork's average rating is a "Moderate Buy" with a consensus price target of GBX 392.50 ($5.22).
• Insider Svein Richard Brandtzæg purchased 5,500 shares at an average price of GBX 324 ($4.31), totaling a value of £17,820 ($23,684.21).

Rotork (LON:ROR - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "buy" rating reiterated by Jefferies Financial Group in a report released on Tuesday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. They currently have a GBX 430 ($5.78) price objective on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group's price objective points to a potential upside of 27.55% from the stock's current price.

Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded Rotork to an "outperform" rating and set a GBX 370 ($4.98) price objective for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th. Shore Capital reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of Rotork in a report on Friday, May 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 396.25 ($5.33).

Rotork Price Performance

ROR stock traded up GBX 2.92 ($0.04) during trading on Tuesday, hitting GBX 337.12 ($4.53). 1,388,674 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 5,380,836. The stock has a market cap of £2.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.27, a P/E/G ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 0.96. Rotork has a one year low of GBX 266.80 ($3.59) and a one year high of GBX 354.80 ($4.77). The company has a current ratio of 3.21, a quick ratio of 2.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.97. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 323.59 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 318.66.

Rotork (LON:ROR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The company reported GBX 7.10 ($0.10) earnings per share for the quarter. Rotork had a net margin of 15.98% and a return on equity of 19.42%. Equities analysts expect that Rotork will post 16.4574899 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Rotork

In other news, insider Svein Richard Brandtzæg purchased 5,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 13th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 324 ($4.36) per share, for a total transaction of £17,820 ($23,964.50). Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company's stock.

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.