Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTY - Get Free Report) shares shot up 9.4% on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 654 ($8.87) and last traded at GBX 654 ($8.87). 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 ($8.10).
Analysts Set New Price Targets
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 research report on Friday, March 28th.
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Vistry Group Price Performance
The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 603.36 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 605.09. 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 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.
Vistry Group (LON:VTY - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 26th. The company reported GBX 55.90 ($0.76) earnings per share (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 predict that Vistry Group PLC will post 108.4606345 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Insider Buying and Selling at Vistry Group
In other Vistry Group news, insider Tim Lawlor sold 2,234 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 593 ($8.04), for a total transaction of £13,247.62 ($17,958.00). Also, 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 ($7.16), for a total transaction of £19,715.52 ($26,725.66). In the last 90 days, insiders bought 75 shares of company stock valued at $45,120. 0.64% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
About Vistry Group
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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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