Senior (LON:SNR) Insider Sells £524,868.75 in Stock

Key Points

• Insider sale: David Squires sold 188,125 shares on March 18 at GBX 279, netting £524,868.75.
• Senior's shares opened at GBX 266.50, trade above the 50‑day/200‑day moving averages (GBX 259.80/215.65), have a market cap of £1.10bn and a negative P/E of -261.27.
• Analyst outlook: Three analysts give a consensus "Buy" rating with a target of GBX 253.33 after recent target hikes from Deutsche Bank and Jefferies.

Senior plc (LON:SNR - Get Free Report) insider David Squires sold 188,125 shares of Senior stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 279, for a total value of £524,868.75.

Senior Trading Down 1.8%

Senior stock opened at GBX 266.50 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 259.80 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 215.65. Senior plc has a 52 week low of GBX 113 and a 52 week high of GBX 318.15. The stock has a market cap of £1.10 billion, a PE ratio of -261.27, a P/E/G ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a current ratio of 1.69, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 52.41.

Senior (LON:SNR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, March 2nd. The company reported GBX 9.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Senior had a net margin of 3.98% and a return on equity of 7.31%. Equities research analysts predict that Senior plc will post 5.8304196 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently issued reports on SNR. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their target price on shares of Senior from GBX 215 to GBX 255 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price target on Senior from GBX 185 to GBX 230 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, November 26th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Senior currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 253.33.

Senior Company Profile

Senior is an international, market-leading, engineering solutions provider with 30 operating businesses in 13 countries*. Senior designs, manufactures and markets high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment producers in the worldwide aerospace, defence, land vehicle and power & energy markets. The Group aims to create long-term sustainable growth in shareholder value through a culture of empowerment of autonomous and collaborative operations working within an effective control framework.

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