Vistry Group (LON:VTY) Shares Up 9.4% - Should You Buy?

Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTY - Get Free Report)'s stock price shot up 9.4% on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 654 ($8.83) and last traded at GBX 654 ($8.83). 2,555,235 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 26% from the average session volume of 3,431,356 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 597.80 ($8.07).

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price target on shares of Vistry Group from GBX 475 ($6.41) to GBX 500 ($6.75) and gave the stock an "underperform" rating in a research note on Friday, March 28th.

Vistry Group Stock 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 cap of £2.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.21, a P/E/G ratio of -0.20 and a beta of 2.14. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 599.72 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 604.47.

Vistry Group (LON:VTY - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 26th. The company reported GBX 55.90 ($0.75) EPS for the quarter. Vistry Group had a return on equity of 7.69% and a net margin of 6.90%. Analysts predict that Vistry Group PLC will post 108.4606345 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Vistry Group

In related news, insider Tim Lawlor sold 2,234 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 593 ($8.01), for a total value of £13,247.62 ($17,885.27). Also, insider Helen Owers sold 3,734 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 528 ($7.13), for a total value of £19,715.52 ($26,617.42). Over the last 90 days, insiders bought 75 shares of company stock valued at $45,120. Corporate insiders own 0.64% of the company's stock.

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.