FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP) Insider Ryan Mangold Purchases 67 Shares

FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP - Get Free Report) insider Ryan Mangold purchased 67 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 10th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 223 ($2.99) per share, for a total transaction of £149.41 ($200.60).

Ryan Mangold also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, June 13th, Ryan Mangold sold 950,000 shares of FirstGroup stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 224 ($3.01), for a total transaction of £2,128,000 ($2,857,142.86).
• On Friday, June 13th, Ryan Mangold sold 50,000 shares of FirstGroup stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 225 ($3.02), for a total transaction of £112,500 ($151,047.26).
• On Tuesday, May 13th, Ryan Mangold purchased 81 shares of FirstGroup stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 185 ($2.48) per share, for a total transaction of £149.85 ($201.19).

FirstGroup Stock Performance

Shares of LON FGP traded up GBX 1 ($0.01) during trading hours on Monday, hitting GBX 221 ($2.97). 636,988 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,819,209. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 257.49, a current ratio of 0.69 and a quick ratio of 0.74. The company's 50 day moving average is GBX 206.71 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 178.70. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.30 billion, a P/E ratio of -103.26, a P/E/G ratio of 5.21 and a beta of 1.59. FirstGroup plc has a one year low of GBX 128.60 ($1.73) and a one year high of GBX 238.20 ($3.20).

FirstGroup (LON:FGP - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June 10th. The transport operator reported GBX 19.40 ($0.26) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. FirstGroup had a negative net margin of 0.34% and a negative return on equity of 2.54%. On average, research analysts expect that FirstGroup plc will post 17.3782772 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Berenberg Bank upped their price objective on shares of FirstGroup from GBX 215 ($2.89) to GBX 240 ($3.22) and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, July 7th.

FirstGroup Company Profile

FirstGroup plc provides public transport services in the United Kingdom. The company operates through First Bus and First Rail segments. The First Bus segment offers local bus services with a fleet of approximately 4,900 buses in the United Kingdom. The First Rail segment operates a passenger rail network that provides long-distance, commuter, regional, and sleeper services through a portfolio of Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, TransPennine Express, and Avanti West Coast franchises; and hull trains and Lumos.