Insider Buying: Harworth Group (LON:HWG) Insider Acquires £33,734.20 in Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Lynda Shillaw purchased 21,764 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 20th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 155 per share, for a total transaction of £33,734.20.

Lynda Shillaw also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, March 10th, Lynda Shillaw acquired 90 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 167 per share, with a total value of £150.30.
• On Monday, February 16th, Lynda Shillaw acquired 93 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 161 per share, with a total value of £149.73.
• On Thursday, January 15th, Lynda Shillaw bought 89 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 168 per share, for a total transaction of £149.52.

Harworth Group Stock Performance

Shares of LON:HWG opened at GBX 155.77 on Thursday. Harworth Group plc has a 12-month low of GBX 146.66 and a 12-month high of GBX 190.50. The company’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 164.95 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 165.17. The firm has a market cap of £505.06 million, a PE ratio of 9.92 and a beta of 0.74. The company has a quick ratio of 1.13, a current ratio of 457.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 24.93.

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 17th. The company reported GBX 2.90 earnings per share for the quarter. Harworth Group had a net margin of 7.25% and a return on equity of 1.36%. Equities research analysts predict that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

HWG has been the topic of several analyst reports. Panmure Gordon reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 215 target price on shares of Harworth Group in a report on Monday, January 19th. Berenberg Bank boosted their price target on Harworth Group from GBX 201 to GBX 202 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 209.75.

Harworth Group Company Profile

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.