Temple Bar (LON:TMPL) Reaches New 12-Month High – Still a Buy?

Temple Bar (LON:TMPL) shares reached a new 52-week high on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 372 ($4.96) and last traded at GBX 369.87 ($4.93), with a volume of 3432621 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 370 ($4.93).

Temple Bar Stock Performance

The company has a market cap of £1.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 6.43 and a beta of 1.11. The company’s 50-day moving average is GBX 352.52 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 327.95. The company has a quick ratio of 3.68, a current ratio of 5.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.47.

Temple Bar (LON:TMPL) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 20th. The company reported GBX 8.20 earnings per share for the quarter. Temple Bar had a net margin of 98.26% and a return on equity of 20.62%.

Insider Transactions at Temple Bar

In other Temple Bar news, insider Wendy Colquhoun bought 5,535 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 2nd. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 359 per share, for a total transaction of £19,870.65. Also, insider Nicholas Bannerman bought 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 20th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 345 per share, with a total value of £17,250. 0.19% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Temple Bar Company Profile

Temple Bar’s investment objective is to provide investors with a growing income combined with growth in capital. It aims to meet this objective by investing primarily in UK equities, across different sectors, maintaining a balance of larger and smaller/medium-sized companies. The trust has a bias towards FTSE 350 companies.