Spectris (LON:SXS) Insider Angela Noon Acquires 4 Shares

Spectris plc (LON:SXS) insider Angela Noon acquired 4 shares of Spectris stock in a transaction on Friday, September 5th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 4,067 per share, for a total transaction of £162.68.

Angela Noon also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, August 7th, Angela Noon bought 3 shares of Spectris stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 4,109 per share, for a total transaction of £123.27.
• On Monday, July 7th, Angela Noon acquired 4 shares of Spectris stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 3,997 per share, for a total transaction of £159.88.

Spectris Stock Performance

Shares of LON:SXS traded up GBX 14 during trading on Monday, hitting GBX 4,090. The stock had a trading volume of 1,102,627 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,131,049. Spectris plc has a 12-month low of GBX 1,877 and a 12-month high of GBX 4,170. The stock has a market capitalization of £4.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7,100.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.74 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a quick ratio of 1.03, a current ratio of 2.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.37. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 4,017.02 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 2,986.58.

Spectris (LON:SXS) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported GBX 38.40 earnings per share for the quarter. Spectris had a return on equity of 20.13% and a net margin of 20.44%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Spectris plc will post 194.7972456 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Shore Capital restated a “buy” rating on shares of Spectris in a research report on Wednesday, July 2nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their target price on shares of Spectris from GBX 3,763 to GBX 4,147 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 3,573.50.

About Spectris

The experts in providing insight through precision measurement.

Our purpose is to deliver value beyond measure – going beyond just the measurement.

Precision is at the heart of what we do. Spectris provides global customers with specialist insight through our high-tech instruments and test equipment, augmented by the power of our software.

Through a combination of our hardware, analytical and simulation software, we provide our customers with superior data and invaluable insights that enable them to work faster, smarter and more efficiently.

This equips them with the ability to reduce time to market, improve processes, quality and yield.