LON:HTG Hunting (HTG) Share Price, News & Analysis → Central Bank Gold Heist In Progress (From Colonial Metals) (Ad) Free HTG Stock Alerts GBX 315.50 -4.50 (-1.41%) (As of 03/18/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Today's Range 315.50▼ 324.8250-Day Range 274▼ 334.5052-Week Range 190▼ 345.50Volume192,706 shsAverage Volume494,581 shsMarket Capitalization£520.39 millionP/E Ratio573.64Dividend Yield2.54%Price TargetGBX 389.17 Stock AnalysisStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades Get Hunting alerts: Email Address Hunting MarketRank™ Stock AnalysisAnalyst RatingBuy3.00 Rating ScoreUpside/Downside23.3% UpsideGBX 389.17 Price TargetShort InterestN/ADividend StrengthWeakBased on Four FactorsSustainabilityN/ANews Sentiment0.32Based on 4 Articles This WeekInsider TradingSelling Shares£8.77 M Sold Last QuarterProj. Earnings GrowthN/ASee Full Details Hide Full Details Overall MarketRank™New Rank-Based ScoringMarketRank™ is calculated by averaging available category scores (with extra weight given to analysis and valuation), then ranking the company's weighted average against that of other companies.1.36 out of 5 stars 2.5 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingHunting has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 6 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of GBX 389.17, Hunting has a forecasted upside of 23.3% from its current price of GBX 315.50.Amount of Analyst CoverageHunting has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next N/A Short Interest Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for HTG. Previous Next 0.8 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldHunting pays a meaningful dividend of 2.47%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthHunting does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Hunting is 1,454.55%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Previous Next N/A Sustainability and ESG Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) ScoreThere is no current Upright™ data available for HTG. Previous Next 2.4 News and Social Media Coverage News SentimentHunting has a news sentiment score of 0.32. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.42 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Hunting this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.MarketBeat Follows1 people have added Hunting to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. Previous Next 2.5 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Hunting insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £87,748.80 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 6.84% of the stock of Hunting is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions64.02% of the stock of Hunting is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 0.6 Earnings and Valuation Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Hunting is 573.64, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 152.73.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Hunting is 573.64, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 95.56.Price to Earnings Growth RatioHunting has a PEG Ratio of 1.06. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioHunting has a P/B Ratio of 0.52. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next See Top Rated MarketRank™ Stocks Here Ad Colonial MetalsCentral Bank Gold Heist In ProgressWhen central banks buy gold… The rich buy right along with them. And central banks are buying at breakneck pace. Last year… 1,037 tons. Just 45 tons less than the record set two years ago.That's why we have released our Free Precious Metals Investment Guide. About Hunting Stock (LON:HTG)Hunting PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures components, technology systems, and precision parts worldwide. It operates in five segments: Hunting Titan; North America; Subsea Technologies; EMEA; and Asia Pacific. The company designs and manufactures perforating systems, energetics, instrumentation, and associated hardware; connection technology and OCTG; subsea technologies; supplies highly engineered tubular components, hollow rotating shafts, very accurate deep hole drilling, plus complex turned, and milled profiles; well intervention equipment; and well test and process systems. It also manufactures electronic parts for the energy, medical, defense, and aerospace sectors; provides trenchless technologies, which include drill pipe, tooling products, and conversion roadmaps; and innovative MWD solutions for gyro, steering tool, and running gear; and organic oil recovery technology. The company serves its products to energy, aerospace and defense, telecommunications, utilities, commercial, medical, and transportation industries. Hunting PLC was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.Read More HTG Stock Price History View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart HTG Stock News HeadlinesMarch 13, 2024 | insidertrades.comHunting PLC (LON:HTG) Insider Sells £87,748.80 in StockMarch 13, 2024 | americanbankingnews.comHunting PLC (LON:HTG) Insider Bruce Ferguson Sells 28,960 Shares of StockMarch 19, 2024 | InvestorPlace (Ad)They said crypto was dead. 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They’ve predicted crypto’s demise for years.March 9, 2024 | americanbankingnews.comHunting (LON:HTG) Share Price Passes Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average of $287.91February 29, 2024 | msn.comUK energy services firm Hunting beats annual profit view on robust contractsFebruary 29, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comHunting PLC ("Hunting" or "the Company" or "the Group") Results for the year ended 31 December 2023February 18, 2024 | msn.comSalah scores on Reds’ returnFebruary 18, 2024 | msn.comBayern at fault for Kane’s form dip: TuchelMarch 19, 2024 | The Bull Report (Ad)The AI Bottleneck No One is Talking AboutRenewable energy is growing at an impressive speed - but not fast enough. This could be one of the greatest periods for the nuclear industry ever.January 23, 2024 | wsj.comHunting PLCJanuary 18, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comInvestors Met With Slowing Returns on Capital At Hunting (LON:HTG)January 10, 2024 | lse.co.ukHunting 2023 performance in line with expectations; appoints new chairJanuary 10, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comHunting PLC ("Hunting" or "the Company" or "the Group") 2023 Year-end Trading UpdateDecember 25, 2023 | seekingalpha.comYield Hunting: Alt Inc OppsDecember 12, 2023 | forbes.comConvert Venezuelan Bolívar Soberano To Haitian GourdeDecember 12, 2023 | msn.comAll ProPicks strategies beat the market in debut monthNovember 23, 2023 | usatoday.com3 hunters dead in Kentucky and Iowa after separate shootings deemed accidentalNovember 17, 2023 | msn.comWhy FTSE 250 regular Hunting may be undervalued by 40%November 12, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comThose who invested in Hunting (LON:HTG) three years ago are up 80%November 9, 2023 | morningstar.comHunting PLC HTGOctober 26, 2023 | lse.co.ukHunting to meet 2023 expectations and hails new order winOctober 26, 2023 | finanznachrichten.deHunting Plc Issues Q3 Trading Update; FY23 Guidance Remains UnchangedOctober 26, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comHunting PLC ("Hunting" or "the Company" or "the Group") Major Subsea Order and Q3 2023 Trading UpdateSeptember 13, 2023 | reuters.comUK's Hunting targets $1 bln in revenue by 2025September 13, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comHunting PLC ("Hunting" or "the Company" or "the Group") Capital Markets DaySeptember 11, 2023 | forbes.comFrom Subsea To Space: How Hunting Plc CEO Jim Johnson Is Transforming His Global Engineering GroupSeptember 2, 2023 | fool.comHunting Plc (LSE: HTG)See More Headlines Receive HTG Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Hunting and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Company Calendar Today3/19/2024Ex-Dividend for 5/10 Dividend4/11/2024Dividend Payable5/10/2024Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeLON SectorEnergy Industry Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Sub-IndustryN/A Current SymbolLON:HTG CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.huntingplc.com Phone+44-20-73210123FaxN/AEmployees2,420Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Stock Price TargetGBX 389.17 High Stock Price TargetGBX 450 Low Stock Price TargetGBX 350 Potential Upside/Downside+23.3%Consensus RatingBuy Rating Score (0-4)3.00 Research Coverage6 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)GBX 0.55 Trailing P/E Ratio573.64 Forward P/E Ratio10.26 P/E Growth1.06Net Income£117.10 million Net Margins12.60% Pretax MarginN/A Return on Equity13.20% Return on Assets3.30% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio8.24 Current Ratio2.78 Quick Ratio2.08 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£929.10 million Price / Sales0.56 Cash FlowGBX 56.72 per share Price / Cash Flow5.56 Book ValueGBX 602 per share Price / Book0.52Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares164,940,000Free FloatN/AMarket Cap£520.39 million OptionableNot Optionable Beta1.10 10 Best Stocks to Own in 2024Click the link below and we'll send you MarketBeat's list of the 10 best stocks to own in 2024 and why they should be in your portfolio. Get This Free Report Key ExecutivesMr. Arthur James Johnson (Age 64)CEO & Director Comp: $2.12MMr. Bruce Hill Ferguson (Age 53)Group Finance Director & Director Comp: $799.54kRick Bradley (Age 63)Chief Operating Officer Ms. Tarryn RileyHead of Investor RelationsGregory T. Farmer (Age 57)Global Director of QAHSE/Compliance Ms. Liese Borden (Age 62)Chief Human Resources Officer Randy Walliser (Age 63)Managing Director of Canada Operations Jason Mai (Age 55)Managing Director of Hunting Titan Daniel Tan (Age 60)Managing Director of Asia Pacific Operations Scott George (Age 49)Managing Director of North America More ExecutivesKey CompetitorsAshtead TechnologyLON:ATGulf Marine ServicesLON:GMSPetrofacLON:PFCDiversified EnergyLON:DECPetroTalLON:PTALView All CompetitorsInsidersBruce FergusonSold 28,960 sharesTotal: £8.77 M ($303.00/share)Annell R. BayBought 2,578 shares on 9/27/2023Total: £786,290.00 ($305.00/share)Bruce FergusonBought 15,000 shares on 4/26/2023Total: £3.44 M ($229.00/share)View All Insider Transactions HTG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions Should I buy or sell Hunting stock right now? 6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hunting in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" HTG shares. View HTG analyst ratings or view top-rated stocks. What is Hunting's stock price target for 2024? 6 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Hunting's stock. Their HTG share price targets range from GBX 350 to GBX 450. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach GBX 389.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts price targets for HTG or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts. How have HTG shares performed in 2024? Hunting's stock was trading at GBX 295.50 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HTG stock has increased by 6.8% and is now trading at GBX 315.50. View the best growth stocks for 2024 here. How often does Hunting pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Hunting? Hunting announced a dividend on Thursday, February 29th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 11th will be paid a dividend of GBX 0.05 per share on Friday, May 10th. This represents a yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 11th. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. Read our dividend analysis for HTG. Is Hunting a good dividend stock? Hunting (LON:HTG) pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.47%. The dividend payout ratio is 1,454.55%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Read our dividend analysis for HTG. What other stocks do shareholders of Hunting own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hunting investors own include Intelsat (I), Associated British Foods (ABF), Fossil Group (FOSL), Chaarat Gold (CGH), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Bank of America (BAC), First Data (FDC), Air Canada (AC), Apollo Global Management (APO) and China Unicom (Hong Kong) (CHU). How do I buy shares of Hunting? Shares of HTG stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.Compare Top Brokerages Here. 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