Cranswick (LON:CWK) Insider Purchases £107.80 in Stock

Cranswick plc (LON:CWK) insider Christopher Aldersley bought 2 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 5,390 per share, with a total value of £107.80.

Christopher Aldersley also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, January 21st, Christopher Aldersley purchased 3 shares of Cranswick stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 5,060 per share, for a total transaction of £151.80.
• On Monday, December 22nd, Christopher Aldersley acquired 3 shares of Cranswick stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 4,965 per share, with a total value of £148.95.

Cranswick Price Performance

Cranswick stock opened at GBX 5,435.41 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.98, a current ratio of 1.66 and a quick ratio of 1.02. The stock has a market cap of £2.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 0.44. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 5,130.54 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 5,080.90. Cranswick plc has a 1 year low of GBX 4,590 and a 1 year high of GBX 5,590.

Cranswick (LON:CWK) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 25th. The company reported GBX 144.40 earnings per share for the quarter. Cranswick had a net margin of 4.35% and a return on equity of 12.64%. On average, research analysts forecast that Cranswick plc will post 258.5590189 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

CWK has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Peel Hunt reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 5,500 price target on shares of Cranswick in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their target price on shares of Cranswick from GBX 6,000 to GBX 6,100 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Shore Capital Group reissued a “house stock” rating on shares of Cranswick in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Berenberg Bank restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 5,770 price target on shares of Cranswick in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Cranswick in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 5,790.

About Cranswick

Cranswick is a leading and innovative supplier of premium, fresh and added-value food products with revenues of more than £2.7 billion. The business employs over 15,400 people and operates from 23 well-invested, highly efficient facilities in the UK. Cranswick was formed in the early 1970s by farmers in East Yorkshire to produce animal feed and has since evolved into a business which produces a range of high-quality, predominantly fresh food, including fresh pork, poultry, convenience, gourmet products and pet food.