Jefferies Financial Group Reaffirms Buy Rating for Senior (LON:SNR)

Senior (LON:SNR)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by stock analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a research report issued on Monday,Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 185 target price on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price target indicates a potential downside of 7.22% from the stock’s current price.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 275 price target on shares of Senior in a report on Monday, October 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on shares of Senior from GBX 195 to GBX 220 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 226.67.

Senior Price Performance

Shares of SNR stock traded up GBX 8.79 during trading hours on Monday, hitting GBX 199.40. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,996,969 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,567,105. The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 59.35. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 194.22 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 180.21. Senior has a twelve month low of GBX 113 and a twelve month high of GBX 223. The stock has a market cap of £824.32 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -107.20, a P/E/G ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.47.

Senior (LON:SNR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 4th. The company reported GBX 5.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Senior had a return on equity of 6.67% and a net margin of 3.09%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Senior will post 5.8304196 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Zoe Clements acquired 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 13th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 195 per share, for a total transaction of £29,250. Also, insider Graham Oldroyd bought 52,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 29th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 191 per share, for a total transaction of £100,275. 1.41% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Senior Company Profile

Senior is an international, market-leading, engineering solutions provider with 30 operating businesses in 13 countries*.

Senior designs, manufactures and markets high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment producers in the worldwide aerospace, defence, land vehicle and power & energy markets.

The Group aims to create long-term sustainable growth in shareholder value through a culture of empowerment of autonomous and collaborative operations working within an effective control framework.