Harworth Group (LON:HWG) Insider Purchases £149.73 in Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Chris Birch bought 93 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 16th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 161 per share, for a total transaction of £149.73.

Chris Birch also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, January 15th, Chris Birch purchased 89 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 168 per share, with a total value of £149.52.
• On Monday, November 24th, Chris Birch sold 0 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 161, for a total transaction of GBX 0.

Harworth Group Stock Performance

Shares of LON HWG traded down GBX 0.34 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching GBX 160.16. 7,331 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 472,093. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 164.29 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 167.44. The company has a current ratio of 2.59, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88. The stock has a market cap of £519.28 million, a P/E ratio of 10.20 and a beta of 0.74. Harworth Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 158 and a 1 year high of GBX 190.50.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on HWG shares. Berenberg Bank lifted their price objective on shares of Harworth Group from GBX 201 to GBX 202 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 26th. Panmure Gordon reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 215 target price on shares of Harworth Group in a report on Monday, January 19th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group increased their price target on shares of Harworth Group from GBX 210 to GBX 212 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat, Harworth Group has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 209.75.

About Harworth Group

Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments. Visit www.harworthgroup.com for further information.