Rotork (LON:ROR) Insider Purchases £155 in Stock

Rotork plc (LON:ROR) insider Kiet Huynh purchased 5 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 10th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 3,100 per share, for a total transaction of £155.

Kiet Huynh also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 10th, Kiet Huynh acquired 31 shares of Rotork stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 487 per share, with a total value of £150.97.
• On Friday, July 10th, Kiet Huynh acquired 51 shares of Rotork stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 295 per share, for a total transaction of £150.45.

Rotork Price Performance

Rotork stock opened at GBX 485.40 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day moving average is GBX 466.11 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 369.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.01, a quick ratio of 2.16 and a current ratio of 2.54. The firm has a market cap of £3.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.80, a P/E/G ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.05. Rotork plc has a 52 week low of GBX 286.40 and a 52 week high of GBX 489.20.

Rotork (LON:ROR) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported GBX 7.40 earnings per share for the quarter. Rotork had a return on equity of 21.48% and a net margin of 15.75%. Equities research analysts forecast that Rotork plc will post 16.4574899 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on ROR shares. Peel Hunt reiterated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 503 target price on shares of Rotork in a research report on Tuesday, August 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Rotork from GBX 390 to GBX 405 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 1st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lowered Rotork to a “sector perform” rating and increased their price objective for the company from GBX 400 to GBX 503 in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 433.50.

About Rotork

Rotork is a market-leading global provider of mission-critical intelligent flow control solutions for oil & gas, water and wastewater, power, chemical process and industrial applications. We help customers around the world to improve efficiency, reduce emissions, minimise their environmental impact and assure safety. Rotork employs about 3,200 people, has manufacturing facilities in more than 17 locations and serves 170 countries through a global service network. Its shares have a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: ROR) and are a constituent of the FTSE 250 index.