Insider Buying: Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTY) Insider Acquires 26 Shares of Stock

Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTY) insider Tim Lawlor bought 26 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 16th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 583 ($7.75) per share, with a total value of £151.58 ($201.54).

Tim Lawlor also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, March 27th, Tim Lawlor sold 2,234 shares of Vistry Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 593 ($7.88), for a total transaction of £13,247.62 ($17,614.17).
• On Monday, March 17th, Tim Lawlor bought 24 shares of Vistry Group stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 613 ($8.15) per share, for a total transaction of £147.12 ($195.61).
• On Thursday, January 16th, Tim Lawlor purchased 26 shares of Vistry Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 590 ($7.84) per share, for a total transaction of £153.40 ($203.96).

Vistry Group Price Performance

Shares of LON:VTY opened at GBX 592.20 ($7.87) on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 593.89 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 682.91. Vistry Group PLC has a 12 month low of GBX 486.70 ($6.47) and a 12 month high of GBX 1,436 ($19.09). The company has a current ratio of 2.64, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 22.15. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.94 billion, a PE ratio of 7.87, a PEG ratio of -0.20 and a beta of 2.14.

Vistry Group (LON:VTY) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 26th. The company reported GBX 55.90 ($0.74) EPS for the quarter. Vistry Group had a net margin of 6.90% and a return on equity of 7.69%. On average, equities research analysts predict that Vistry Group PLC will post 108.4606345 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price target on Vistry Group from GBX 475 ($6.32) to GBX 500 ($6.65) and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Friday, March 28th. Berenberg Bank reduced their target price on Vistry Group from GBX 750 ($9.97) to GBX 650 ($8.64) and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 2nd.

About Vistry Group

Vistry Group is one of the UK’s leading homebuilders with a top tier housebuilder and leading Partnerships business. Our purpose is to develop sustainable new homes and communities across all sectors of the housing market through our leading brands, Bovis Homes, Linden Homes, Vistry Partnerships and Drew Smith.

Our housebuilding division operates across 13 business units, each with a regional office, which are developing hundreds of sites across England.