Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) Insider Karen Anderson Sells 524,839 Shares

Vertu Motors plc (LON:VTU) insider Karen Anderson sold 524,839 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 65, for a total transaction of £341,145.35.

Vertu Motors Stock Performance

LON:VTU opened at GBX 63.83 on Thursday. Vertu Motors plc has a twelve month low of GBX 55 and a twelve month high of GBX 67. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 0.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 66.13. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 61.14 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 62.29. The firm has a market cap of £196.92 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.38 and a beta of 0.76.

Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 13th. The company reported GBX 4.62 EPS for the quarter. Vertu Motors had a net margin of 0.34% and a return on equity of 4.55%. The business had revenue of GBX 483.38 billion for the quarter. Analysts forecast that Vertu Motors plc will post 8.9391576 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on VTU shares. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on Vertu Motors from GBX 78 to GBX 76 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Shore Capital Group reiterated a “house stock” rating on shares of Vertu Motors in a research report on Wednesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 76.

About Vertu Motors

Vertu Motors plc operates as an automotive retailer in the United Kingdom. The company sells new and used cars and motorcycles, vans, motability cars, and commercial vehicles, as well as provides related aftersales services. It operates chain of franchised dealerships offering sales, service, parts, and bodyshop facilities for new and used cars, and commercial vehicles under the Bristol Street Motors, Macklin Motors, and Vertu Motors. The company's franchise dealerships include Audi, BMW, Honda, Jaguar, Jeep, Kia, Volvo, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG, MINI, smart, Volkswagen, Citroen, CUPRA, Dacia, DS, Ford, Hyundai, MG, Nissan, Peugeot, Renault, SEAT, SKODA, Vauxhall, Ford, Mazda, and Toyota.