HomeServe plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides home repair and improvement services to homeowners under the HomeServe brand. It offers home assistance via subscription-based membership services for plumbing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning; and electrical, glazing, pest control, and locksmith service. The company also operates an online marketplace to help homeowners to find local trade on-demand, as well as to help with a range of home repairs and improvements, including landscape gardening and carpet cleaning. It serves approximately 8.4 million customers through a network of engineers and sub-contractors primarily in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, and Japan. HomeServe plc was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Walsall, the United Kingdom.
HomeServe Stock Performance
Shares of HSV Stock opened at GBX 1,181 ($14.27) on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of £3.98 billion and a PE ratio of 3,028.21. The company's fifty day moving average price is GBX 1,170.11 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 958.31. HomeServe has a 12 month low of GBX 578.33 ($6.99) and a 12 month high of GBX 1,185 ($14.32). The company has a current ratio of 1.30, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 129.16.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada downgraded shares of HomeServe to a "sector perform" rating and reduced their price objective for the company from GBX 1,300 ($15.71) to GBX 1,200 ($14.50) in a research report on Thursday, May 12th. Peel Hunt restated a "hold" rating and set a GBX 1,200 ($14.50) target price on shares of HomeServe in a report on Tuesday, May 24th. Finally, Berenberg Bank dropped their target price on shares of HomeServe from GBX 1,260 ($15.22) to GBX 1,205 ($14.56) and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, May 16th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, HomeServe has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of GBX 1,217.86 ($14.72).
Insider Activity at HomeServe
In related news, insider Tom Rusin sold 11,815 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,169 ($14.13), for a total transaction of £138,117.35 ($166,889.02). In the last ninety days, insiders have bought 38 shares of company stock valued at $44,348.