Insider Selling: Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) Insider Sells 30,561 Shares of Stock

Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) insider Lukas Paravicini sold 30,561 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,219, for a total transaction of £983,758.59.

Lukas Paravicini also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, December 16th, Lukas Paravicini sold 17,121 shares of Imperial Brands stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,191, for a total transaction of £546,331.11.

Imperial Brands Price Performance

IMB stock opened at GBX 3,234 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 166.91, a quick ratio of 0.41 and a current ratio of 0.72. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 3,130.34 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 3,118.51. Imperial Brands PLC has a 52-week low of GBX 2,638 and a 52-week high of GBX 3,341. The firm has a market capitalization of £25.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.97, a PEG ratio of 16.51 and a beta of 0.42.

Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 18th. The company reported GBX 315 earnings per share for the quarter. Imperial Brands had a return on equity of 41.84% and a net margin of 11.44%. Equities research analysts forecast that Imperial Brands PLC will post 246.5723613 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently issued reports on IMB. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price target on Imperial Brands from GBX 3,600 to GBX 3,700 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Citigroup raised 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. Panmure Gordon reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 4,200 target price on shares of Imperial Brands in a research note on Wednesday, November 19th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on shares of Imperial Brands from GBX 2,400 to GBX 2,700 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Imperial Brands presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 3,562.50.

Imperial Brands Company Profile