Insider Buying: Great Portland Estates (LON:GPE) Insider Buys £148.05 in Stock

Great Portland Estates Plc (LON:GPE) insider Toby Courtauld purchased 47 shares of Great Portland Estates stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 31st. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 315 per share, with a total value of £148.05.

Toby Courtauld also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, October 31st, Toby Courtauld acquired 44 shares of Great Portland Estates stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 336 per share, for a total transaction of £147.84.

Great Portland Estates Trading Down 1.3%

LON GPE opened at GBX 314.50 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.52, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a current ratio of 0.26. The firm has a market cap of £1.27 billion, a PE ratio of 8.62, a P/E/G ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 0.80. Great Portland Estates Plc has a one year low of GBX 260 and a one year high of GBX 369. The firm’s fifty day moving average is GBX 320.33 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 325.45.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

GPE has been the subject of several analyst reports. Panmure Gordon reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 440 price objective on shares of Great Portland Estates in a research note on Wednesday, November 19th. Shore Capital reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Great Portland Estates in a report on Tuesday, November 18th. Peel Hunt restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 375 price target on shares of Great Portland Estates in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on shares of Great Portland Estates from GBX 332 to GBX 342 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 19th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 416.75.

About Great Portland Estates

GPE is a FTSE 250 real estate investor and developer. GPE aims to deliver superior returns by unlocking the often hidden potential in commercial real estate in central London, creating high quality sustainable spaces for its customers and long-term value for its stakeholders.