Insider Buying: Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) Insider Buys £18,852.90 in Stock

Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW) insider Mark Lam purchased 110 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of £171.39 per share, with a total value of £18,852.90.

Games Workshop Group Stock Down 1.3%

Shares of LON GAW opened at £172.40 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of £5.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.61, a PEG ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.04. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is £175.28 and its 200-day simple moving average is £168.95. Games Workshop Group PLC has a 12-month low of £122.50 and a 12-month high of £199.70. The company has a current ratio of 3.83, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 27.35.

Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 13th. The company reported GBX 319.90 earnings per share for the quarter. Games Workshop Group had a return on equity of 68.80% and a net margin of 31.75%. As a group, equities analysts predict that Games Workshop Group PLC will post 448.9953023 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

GAW has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Peel Hunt upgraded shares of Games Workshop Group to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from £165 to £180 in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on Games Workshop Group from £210 to £218.50 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 19th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of £199.25.

Games Workshop Group Company Profile

Games Workshop Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Core and Licensing. The company offers games under the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, and Warhammer 40,000 names, as well as Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl. It also publishes short stories, audio dramas, full length novels, and audio books under the Black Library name; and develops digital content for animation and TV.