LON:VTUVertu Motors Share Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Vertu Motors Plc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add GBX 23.70 -0.90 (-3.66 %) (As of 07/8/2020 04:47 AM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range 23Now: GBX 23.70▼ 24.6950-Day Range 23.10MA: GBX 27.01▼ 30.7052-Week Range 0.18Now: GBX 23.70▼ 43.33Volume917,547 shsAverage Volume1.14 million shsMarket Capitalization£87.49 millionP/E Ratio29.63Dividend Yield7.15%BetaN/A ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsInsider TradesHeadlines Vertu Motors plc operates as an automotive retailer in the United Kingdom. The company sells new cars, motorcycles, commercial vehicles, and used vehicles, as well as provides related aftersales services. It operates a chain of franchised motor dealerships offering sales, service, parts, and bodyshop facilities for new and used cars, and commercial vehicles under the Bristol Street Motors and Macklin Motors brand names. The company's franchise dealerships include Volvo, Volkswagen, Land Rover, Jaguar, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and Honda. It also operates as a pension scheme trustee; and provides vehicle financing and related insurance products. In addition, the company is involved in the property and online parts retailing businesses; and online advertising business. It operates a network of 117 franchised sales outlets and 3 non-franchised sales outlets from 103 locations. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Gateshead, the United Kingdom.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 3.5 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingVertu Motors has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of GBX 50, Vertu Motors has a potential upside of 111.0% from its current price of GBX 23.70.Amount of Analyst CoverageVertu Motors has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 3.7 Community Rank Outperform VotesVertu Motors has received 404 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesVertu Motors has received 143 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentVertu Motors has received 73.86% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Vertu Motors and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe VTU will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe VTU will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 2.5 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipVertu Motors is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 7.15%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthVertu Motors does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Vertu Motors is 2.50%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Previous Next 3.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Vertu Motors insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £30,794.70 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock. Previous Next 0.6 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Vertu Motors are expected to decrease by -100.00% in the coming year, from GBX 700 to GBX 0 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Vertu Motors is 29.63, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 15.15.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Vertu Motors is 29.63, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 14.48.Price to Book Value per Share RatioVertu Motors has a P/B Ratio of 0.33. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 3.5Community Rank: 3.7Dividend Strength: 2.5Insider Behavior: 3.0Valuation: 0.6 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.67 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange LON Industry Auto & Truck Dealerships Sub-IndustryN/A SectorConsumer Cyclical Current SymbolLON:VTU Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.vertumotors.com PhoneN/ADebt Debt-to-Equity Ratio63.07 Current Ratio0.98 Quick Ratio0.15Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio29.63 Forward P/E Ratio0.03 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£3.06 billion Price / Sales0.03 Cash FlowGBX 9.74 per share Price / Cash Flow2.43 Book ValueGBX 71.60 per share Price / Book0.33Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous Employees5,318 Outstanding Shares369,174,016Market Cap£87.49 million Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableNot Optionable LSE:VTU Rates by TradingView Receive VTU News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for VTU and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) Frequently Asked Questions How has Vertu Motors' stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Vertu Motors' stock was trading at GBX 28.05 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VTU shares have decreased by 15.5% and is now trading at GBX 23.70. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Vertu Motors? 1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vertu Motors in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Vertu Motors. How were Vertu Motors' earnings last quarter? Vertu Motors Plc (LON:VTU) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, June, 3rd. The company reported $5.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $5.00 by $0.12. View Vertu Motors' earnings history. How often does Vertu Motors pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Vertu Motors? Vertu Motors announced a dividend on Wednesday, October 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 5th will be paid a dividend of GBX 0.60 per share on Friday, January 17th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.76%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Vertu Motors' dividend history. What price target have analysts set for VTU? 1 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Vertu Motors' shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 50 to GBX 50. On average, they expect Vertu Motors' stock price to reach GBX 50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 111.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Vertu Motors. Has Vertu Motors been receiving favorable news coverage? News articles about VTU stock have trended negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Vertu Motors earned a news sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Vertu Motors. Who are some of Vertu Motors' key competitors? Some companies that are related to Vertu Motors include AutoCanada (ACQ), Motorpoint Group (MOTR), Lookers (LOOK), Marshall Motor (MMH), Motorcycle (MTO), Cambria Automobiles (CAMB), AutoCanada (AOCIF), Fast Lane (FLHI), Imperial Logistics (IHLDY), INCHCAPE PLC/S (INCPY) and Zhongsheng Group (ZSHGY). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Vertu Motors own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Vertu Motors investors own include Topps Tiles (TPT), Dixons Carphone (DC), Mears Group (MER), Sirius Minerals (SXX), BT Group (BT), Debenhams (DEB), Marston's (MARS), Zoo Digital Group (ZOO), Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) and Bwin.party Digital Entertainment (BPTY). Who are Vertu Motors' key executives? Vertu Motors' management team includes the following people: Mr. Robert T. Forrester, CEO & Exec. Director (Age 49)Ms. Karen Anderson, CFO & Exec. Director (Age 47)Mr. Yudi Levy, CFO & Exec. DirectorMr. David Paul Crane, COO & Exec. Director (Age 50)Ms. Nicola Loose, Company Sec., Gen. Counsel & Member of Operations Board What is Vertu Motors' stock symbol? Vertu Motors trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "VTU." How do I buy shares of Vertu Motors? Shares of VTU 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. What is Vertu Motors' stock price today? One share of VTU stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 23.70. How big of a company is Vertu Motors? Vertu Motors has a market capitalization of £87.49 million and generates £3.06 billion in revenue each year. Vertu Motors employs 5,318 workers across the globe. What is Vertu Motors' official website? The official website for Vertu Motors is www.vertumotors.com. 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