Vistry Group (LON:VTY) Stock Price Up 1.3% - What's Next?

Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTY - Get Free Report)'s share price rose 1.3% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as GBX 639.60 ($8.66) and last traded at GBX 633.60 ($8.58). Approximately 1,001,091 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 72% from the average daily volume of 3,584,141 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 625.20 ($8.47).

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Royal Bank of Canada lifted their target price on shares of Vistry Group from GBX 475 ($6.43) to GBX 500 ($6.77) and gave the company an "underperform" rating in a research note on Friday, March 28th.

Vistry Group Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 2.64, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 22.15. The company has a market capitalization of £1.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.76, a PEG ratio of -0.20 and a beta of 2.14. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 597.30 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 606.24.

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

Insider Transactions at Vistry Group

In related news, insider Helen Owers sold 3,734 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 528 ($7.15), for a total value of £19,715.52 ($26,707.56). Also, insider Tim Lawlor sold 2,234 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 593 ($8.03), for a total value of £13,247.62 ($17,945.84). Insiders have acquired a total of 75 shares of company stock valued at $45,120 over the last 90 days. 0.64% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About Vistry Group

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.