Insider Buying: Vistry Group (LON:VTY) Insider Purchases 24 Shares of Stock

Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTY) insider Tim Lawlor acquired 24 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 17th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 625 per share, for a total transaction of £150.

Tim Lawlor also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, October 16th, Tim Lawlor bought 24 shares of Vistry Group stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 640 per share, with a total value of £153.60.
• On Tuesday, September 16th, Tim Lawlor acquired 24 shares of Vistry Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 610 per share, with a total value of £146.40.

Vistry Group Price Performance

Shares of LON VTY traded down GBX 15.40 during midday trading on Monday, reaching GBX 616.80. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 535,734 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,915,763. The company has a market cap of £1.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.20 and a beta of 2.14. Vistry Group PLC has a one year low of GBX 486.70 and a one year high of GBX 722.40. The company has a current ratio of 2.64, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 22.15. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 638.84 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 627.39.

Vistry Group (LON:VTY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, September 10th. The company reported GBX 17.60 earnings per share for the quarter. Vistry Group had a return on equity of 7.69% and a net margin of 6.90%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Vistry Group PLC will post 108.4606345 EPS for the current year.

Vistry Group declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Monday, August 11th that permits the company to repurchase 0 shares. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts recently weighed in on the company. UBS Group reissued a “sell” rating and set a GBX 450 price target on shares of Vistry Group in a research report on Friday, September 5th. Citigroup lowered their target price on Vistry Group from GBX 602 to GBX 601 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, September 11th. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their target price on shares of Vistry Group from GBX 628 to GBX 608 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, November 10th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on shares of Vistry Group from GBX 475 to GBX 500 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Finally, Berenberg Bank reissued a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 650 price target on shares of Vistry Group in a research report on Monday, September 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Vistry Group currently has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of GBX 597.57.

Vistry Group Company Profile

Vistry Group is one of the UK’s leading homebuilders with a top tier housebuilder and leading Partnerships business. Our purpose is to develop sustainable new homes and communities across all sectors of the housing market through our leading brands, Bovis Homes, Linden Homes, Vistry Partnerships and Drew Smith.

Our housebuilding division operates across 13 business units, each with a regional office, which are developing hundreds of sites across England.