Rotork (LON:ROR) Insider Buys £155 in Stock

Rotork plc (LON:ROR) insider Kiet Huynh acquired 5 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 10th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 3,100 per share, with a total value of £155.

Kiet Huynh also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 10th, Kiet Huynh purchased 31 shares of Rotork stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 487 per share, for a total transaction of £150.97.
• On Friday, July 10th, Kiet Huynh bought 51 shares of Rotork stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 295 per share, for a total transaction of £150.45.

Rotork Stock Performance

ROR stock opened at GBX 484.20 on Monday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 454.73 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 367.38. Rotork plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 286.40 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 489.20. The firm has a market cap of £3.94 billion, a PE ratio of 32.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.01, a quick ratio of 2.16 and a current ratio of 2.54.

Rotork (LON:ROR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported GBX 7.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Rotork had a return on equity of 21.48% and a net margin of 15.75%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Rotork plc will post 16.4574899 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have commented on ROR. Peel Hunt reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 503 target price on shares of Rotork in a research report on Tuesday, August 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered shares of Rotork to a “sector perform” rating and increased their price objective for the company from GBX 400 to GBX 503 in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Rotork from GBX 390 to GBX 405 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 433.50.

About Rotork

Rotork is a market-leading global provider of mission-critical intelligent flow control solutions for oil & gas, water and wastewater, power, chemical process and industrial applications. We help customers around the world to improve efficiency, reduce emissions, minimise their environmental impact and assure safety. Rotork employs about 3,200 people, has manufacturing facilities in more than 17 locations and serves 170 countries through a global service network. Its shares have a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: ROR) and are a constituent of the FTSE 250 index.