Vistry Group (LON:VTY) Trading 9.4% Higher - Should You Buy?

Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTY - Get Free Report) shares traded 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 mid-day 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).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price target on 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 Trading Up 6.0%

The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 599.72 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 604.47. 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 stock has a market cap of £2.27 billion, a PE ratio of 9.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.20 and a beta of 2.14.

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%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Vistry Group PLC will post 108.4606345 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Vistry Group

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

Vistry Group Company Profile

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.