Harworth Group (LON:HWG) Insider Lynda Shillaw Buys 91 Shares

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Lynda Shillaw bought 91 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 15th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 164 per share, with a total value of £149.24.

Lynda Shillaw also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, November 17th, Lynda Shillaw purchased 94 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 161 per share, with a total value of £151.34.
• On Wednesday, October 15th, Lynda Shillaw acquired 91 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 164 per share, with a total value of £149.24.
• On Friday, September 19th, Lynda Shillaw purchased 23,225 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 172 per share, for a total transaction of £39,947.

Harworth Group Price Performance

HWG traded up GBX 0.50 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting GBX 163. 189,360 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 277,229. The company has a market capitalization of £528.46 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.38 and a beta of 0.74. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 163.12 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 172.13. The company has a current ratio of 2.59, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88. Harworth Group plc has a 52-week low of GBX 155 and a 52-week high of GBX 190.50.

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, September 16th. The company reported GBX 3 EPS for the quarter. Harworth Group had a return on equity of 7.75% and a net margin of 52.25%. On average, equities analysts forecast that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Peel Hunt restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 210 price target on shares of Harworth Group in a research report on Monday, September 15th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on Harworth Group from GBX 210 to GBX 212 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 211.

Harworth Group Company Profile

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.