Erika Schraner Buys 2,200 Shares of HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) Stock

HgCapital Trust plc (LON:HGT) insider Erika Schraner purchased 2,200 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 6th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 428 per share, for a total transaction of £9,416.

HgCapital Trust Stock Performance

HgCapital Trust stock opened at GBX 403.50 on Friday. HgCapital Trust plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 365.50 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 542. The company has a market capitalization of £1.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.58 and a beta of 0.44. The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 490.38 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 492.81.

More HgCapital Trust News

Here are the key news stories impacting HgCapital Trust this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Significant insider buying: multiple filings show director Helena Coles and director/insider Erika Schraner bought shares on Feb 6 (Coles ~7,442 shares across several transactions; Schraner 2,200 shares), totaling roughly 9,642 shares at ~GBX 424–428 (~£41k aggregate). Insider purchases signal management confidence in the stock/NAV. MarketBeat Insider Filings
• Positive Sentiment: Trading update / NAV strength: HgCapital reported that NAV rose in the period and described trading as resilient despite headwinds in public markets and software-sector volatility — a direct fundamental support for the share price. Yahoo Finance: Trading Update Investing.com: Q4 NAV
• Neutral Sentiment: Market volatility noted: company and market commentary highlight ongoing public-market volatility and pressure in the software sector; this raises continued uncertainty over listed valuations even as the trust’s private valuations/NAV appear resilient. Monitor sector signals and listed-market flows. SharePrices: Volatility / NAV Note

About HgCapital Trust

HgT provides investors with a unique opportunity to participate in the growth in value of a portfolio of c.50 private companies sourced by Hg. Value is created through implementing an investment strategy focused on software and business service companies with resilient, recurring revenue streams and from leveraging the network and expertise of Hg to support management teams to deliver the full potential of their respective businesses.
With highly predictable and stable cash flows, the top 20 businesses (representing 76% by value of HGT’s investments) reported aggregate sales of £10.6 billion and EBITDA of £3.3 billion over the last 12 months, equating to an EBITDA margin of 31%.
Hg brings to HgT an experienced team of c.400 employees, including c.