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Vistry Group (LON:VTY) Trading Up 9.4% - Time to Buy?

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Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTY - Get Free Report) rose 9.4% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 654 ($8.87) and last traded at GBX 654 ($8.87). Approximately 2,555,235 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 26% from the average daily volume of 3,431,356 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 597.80 ($8.10).

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on shares of Vistry Group from GBX 475 ($6.44) to GBX 500 ($6.78) and gave the stock an "underperform" rating in a report on Friday, March 28th.

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Vistry Group Stock Up 6.0%

The company has a quick ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 2.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 22.15. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 603.36 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 605.09. The firm has a market capitalization of £2.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.21, a P/E/G ratio of -0.20 and a beta of 2.14.

Vistry Group (LON:VTY - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 26th. The company reported GBX 55.90 ($0.76) earnings per share for the quarter. Vistry Group had a return on equity of 7.69% and a net margin of 6.90%. On average, equities analysts expect that Vistry Group PLC will post 108.4606345 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Helen Owers sold 3,734 shares of Vistry Group stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 528 ($7.16), for a total value of £19,715.52 ($26,725.66). Also, insider Tim Lawlor sold 2,234 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 593 ($8.04), for a total value of £13,247.62 ($17,958.00). Over the last ninety days, insiders bought 75 shares of company stock valued at $45,120. Insiders own 0.64% of the company's stock.

Vistry Group Company Profile

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Vistry Group is one of the UK's leading homebuilders with a top tier housebuilder and leading Partnerships business. Our purpose is to develop sustainable new homes and communities across all sectors of the housing market through our leading brands, Bovis Homes, Linden Homes, Vistry Partnerships and Drew Smith. Our housebuilding division operates across 13 business units, each with a regional office, which are developing hundreds of sites across England.

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