SSP Group plc (LON:SSPG) Insider Purchases £124.74 in Stock

SSP Group plc (LON:SSPG - Get Free Report) insider Jonathan Davies bought 77 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 6th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 162 ($2.19) per share, for a total transaction of £124.74 ($168.84).

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

• On Wednesday, May 14th, Jonathan Davies bought 75 shares of SSP Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 167 ($2.26) per share, with a total value of £125.25 ($169.53).

SSP Group Trading Up 1.5%

Shares of SSP Group stock traded up GBX 2.40 ($0.03) during trading on Monday, hitting GBX 165.70 ($2.24). 1,849,495 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,935,686. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 173.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.77 and a beta of 1.88. The firm's fifty day moving average price is GBX 154.34 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 165.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 852.29, a current ratio of 0.44 and a quick ratio of 0.66. SSP Group plc has a 1-year low of GBX 134.10 ($1.82) and a 1-year high of GBX 196.30 ($2.66).

SSP Group (LON:SSPG - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 21st. The company reported GBX (2) (($0.03)) EPS for the quarter. SSP Group had a net margin of 0.24% and a return on equity of 3.64%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that SSP Group plc will post 13.1004016 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Shore Capital restated a "house stock" rating on shares of SSP Group in a research note on Tuesday, May 20th.

About SSP Group

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.

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