Chris Birch Acquires 84 Shares of Harworth Group (LON:HWG) Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Chris Birch acquired 84 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 15th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 178 per share, for a total transaction of £149.52.

Harworth Group Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of Harworth Group stock opened at GBX 176.80 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.88, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a current ratio of 441.42. The stock has a market capitalization of £575.00 million, a PE ratio of 63.14 and a beta of 0.57. Harworth Group plc has a 52-week low of GBX 116.80 and a 52-week high of GBX 185. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 158.32 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 146.17.

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September 9th. The company reported GBX (7.80) EPS for the quarter. Harworth Group had a negative net margin of 20.56% and a negative return on equity of 3.74%. On average, analysts anticipate that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on HWG shares. Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 200 price target on shares of Harworth Group in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 170 target price on shares of Harworth Group in a research report on Wednesday, September 9th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, Harworth Group presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of GBX 196.75.

About Harworth Group

Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments. Visit www.harworthgroup.com for further information.