B&M European Value Retail (LON:BME) Insider Sells £20,181 in Stock

B&M European Value Retail S.A. (LON:BME) insider Oliver Tant sold 10,850 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 186, for a total transaction of £20,181.

B&M European Value Retail Trading Down 2.5%

Shares of LON BME traded down GBX 4.46 during trading hours on Monday, reaching GBX 175.50. The stock had a trading volume of 269,541,781 shares, compared to its average volume of 37,988,582. B&M European Value Retail S.A. has a 52-week low of GBX 140 and a 52-week high of GBX 350. The firm has a market cap of £1.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.11 and a beta of 1.17. The business’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 176.07 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 192.96. The company has a current ratio of 1.26, a quick ratio of 0.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 348.52.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

BME has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Canaccord Genuity Group lowered their price target on shares of B&M European Value Retail from GBX 245 to GBX 230 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Berenberg Bank reduced their target price on B&M European Value Retail from GBX 450 to GBX 300 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Citigroup raised their price target on shares of B&M European Value Retail from GBX 165 to GBX 180 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on B&M European Value Retail from GBX 260 to GBX 175 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price objective on shares of B&M European Value Retail from GBX 180 to GBX 175 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, B&M European Value Retail presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 207.50.

About B&M European Value Retail

B&M European Value Retail SA operates general merchandise and grocery stores. The company operates a chain of stores under the B&M, Heron Foods, and B&M Express in the United Kingdom; and stores under the B&M brand in France. It also provides property management services. The company was founded in 1978 and is based in Munsbach, Luxembourg.