Hunting (HTG) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Hunting is a global precision engineering group, which provides quality-assured products and services for the energy, aviation, commercial space, defence, medical, and power generation sectors. Our strong focus on quality assured products, supported by rigorous health and safety procedures, ensures we assist in the delivery of energy safely and it is also the basis of our standing in this critical, global industry. Our intellectual property portfolio enables the Hunting Group to maintain a leading technology edge, so that energy projects are delivered quicker and at lower cost with minimal impact on the environment. Our people are our most important asset. They assist in delivering for all our stakeholders and we train and develop our workforce to ensure a mutually beneficial relationship is nurtured throughout our organisation.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 407 to 421.50
• 50-Day Range: 393.50 to 492.97
• 52-Week Range: 300 to 553
• Volume: 723,054 shs
• Average Volume: 3.39 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £595.03 million
• P/E Ratio: 16.61
• Dividend Yield: 2.49%
• Price Target: GBX 512.50
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Hunting Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Hunting scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Hunting has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Hunting has a consensus price target of GBX 512.50, representing about 25.5% upside from its current price of GBX 408.50.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Hunting has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Hunting is 16.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.16.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Hunting is 16.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 21.51.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Hunting has a PEG Ratio of 1.06. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Hunting has a P/B Ratio of 0.71. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for HTG.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Hunting pays a meaningful dividend of 2.49%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Hunting does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Hunting is 49.90%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.84

News Sentiment

Hunting has a news sentiment score of 0.84. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Hunting this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

2 insiders have purchased shares of Hunting in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £41,036 in company stock, which represents 0.0069% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Hunting insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £41,036 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.73% of the stock of Hunting is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

61.42% of the stock of Hunting is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Energy Equipment & Services
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
• Current Symbol: LON:HTG
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.huntingplc.com
• Phone: +44-20-73210123
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,341
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Hunting: GBX 512.50
• High Price Target: GBX 600
• Low Price Target: GBX 400
• Potential Upside/Downside: +25.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 24.60
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 16.61
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.73
• P/E Growth: 1.06
• Net Income: £154.42 million
• Net Margins: 3.56%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 5.11%
• Return on Assets: 4.21%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 16.50
• Current Ratio: 3.15
• Quick Ratio: 2.08

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £987.20 million
• Price / Sales: 0.60
• Cash Flow: GBX 73.44 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.56
• Book Value: GBX 574.33 per share
• Price / Book: 0.71

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 145,663,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £595.03 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.67