Insider Selling: Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) Insider Sells £546,331.11 in Stock

Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) insider Lukas Paravicini sold 17,121 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,191, for a total transaction of £546,331.11.

Imperial Brands Price Performance

LON:IMB opened at GBX 3,176 on Friday. Imperial Brands PLC has a 12-month low of GBX 2,521 and a 12-month high of GBX 3,329. The firm has a market cap of £25.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 16.51 and a beta of 0.42. The company’s 50-day moving average is GBX 3,154.09 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 3,055.10. The company has a current ratio of 0.72, a quick ratio of 0.41 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 166.91.

Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 18th. The company reported GBX 315 EPS for the quarter. Imperial Brands had a net margin of 11.44% and a return on equity of 41.84%. Research analysts expect that Imperial Brands PLC will post 246.5723613 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have weighed in on the company. Panmure Gordon reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 4,200 price target on shares of Imperial Brands in a research note on Wednesday, November 19th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on Imperial Brands from GBX 2,400 to GBX 2,700 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on Imperial Brands from GBX 3,600 to GBX 3,700 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Imperial Brands in a report on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Imperial Brands from GBX 3,425 to GBX 3,650 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 24th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Imperial Brands has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 3,562.50.

Imperial Brands Company Profile