Jonathan Davies Purchases 66 Shares of SSP Group plc (LON:SSPG) Stock

SSP Group plc (LON:SSPG - Get Free Report) insider Jonathan Davies bought 66 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 7th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 189 ($2.57) per share, with a total value of £124.74 ($169.46).

Jonathan Davies also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, June 6th, Jonathan Davies purchased 77 shares of SSP Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 162 ($2.20) per share, for a total transaction of £124.74 ($169.46).
• On Wednesday, May 14th, Jonathan Davies acquired 75 shares of SSP Group stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 167 ($2.27) per share, with a total value of £125.25 ($170.15).

SSP Group Stock Up 1.4%

Shares of SSP Group stock traded up GBX 2.59 ($0.04) during trading hours on Thursday, reaching GBX 187.99 ($2.55). The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,208,063 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,834,406. The company has a market capitalization of £1.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 197.02, a P/E/G ratio of -0.77 and a beta of 1.88. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 168.01 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 164.96. SSP Group plc has a one year low of GBX 134.10 ($1.82) and a one year high of GBX 196.30 ($2.67). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 852.29, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a current ratio of 0.44.

SSP Group (LON:SSPG - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 21st. The company reported GBX (2) (($0.03)) earnings per share for the quarter. SSP Group had a net margin of 0.24% and a return on equity of 3.64%. On average, research analysts forecast that SSP Group plc will post 13.1004016 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on SSPG shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a "buy" rating and set a GBX 285 ($3.87) price objective on shares of SSP Group in a research report on Thursday, July 3rd. Shore Capital reissued a "house stock" rating on shares of SSP Group in a research note on Wednesday, July 2nd.

SSP Group Company Profile

SSP is a leading operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations worldwide, with c.37,000 colleagues in over 600 locations across 36 countries. We operate sit-down and quick service restaurants, cafes, lounges and food-led convenience stores, principally in airports and train stations, with a portfolio of more than 550 international, national and local brands.