Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) Shares Up 1.5% – Should You Buy?

Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW)’s stock price rose 1.5% during trading on Wednesday. The company traded as high as £168.30 and last traded at £167. 52,901 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 94% from the average session volume of 830,285 shares. The stock had previously closed at £164.50.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a £218.50 price objective on shares of Games Workshop Group in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of £199.25.

Games Workshop Group Stock Up 1.5%

The company has a current ratio of 3.63, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 16.70. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of £170 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of £184.06. The firm has a market capitalization of £5.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.83, a P/E/G ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 0.90.

Insider Buying and Selling at Games Workshop Group

In related news, insider Mark Lam bought 120 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 21st. The stock was purchased at an average price of £168.91 per share, for a total transaction of £20,269.20. Also, insider Nilufer Kheraj bought 143 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 15th. The shares were bought at an average cost of £171.10 per share, with a total value of £24,467.30. 7.94% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Games Workshop Group Company Profile

Games Workshop Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Core and Licensing. The company offers games under the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, and Warhammer 40,000 names, as well as Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl. It also publishes short stories, audio dramas, full length novels, and audio books under the Black Library name; and develops digital content for animation and TV.