Insider Buying: B&M European Value Retail (LON:BME) Insider Purchases 53,016 Shares of Stock

B&M European Value Retail S.A. (LON:BME) insider Peter Pritchard bought 53,016 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, June 15th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 192 per share, for a total transaction of £101,790.72.

B&M European Value Retail Stock Performance

Shares of LON:BME traded down GBX 2.10 during trading on Tuesday, reaching GBX 189.90. The company had a trading volume of 6,271,487 shares, compared to its average volume of 41,603,438. B&M European Value Retail S.A. has a fifty-two week low of GBX 140 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 288.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 306.52, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 0.38. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 177.38 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 173.81. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.65 and a beta of 1.09.

B&M European Value Retail (LON:BME) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 3rd. The company reported GBX 16.30 earnings per share for the quarter. B&M European Value Retail had a return on equity of 21.74% and a net margin of 2.84%.The firm had revenue of GBX 577.50 billion during the quarter. As a group, equities research analysts predict that B&M European Value Retail S.A. will post 38.4814815 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 165 target price on shares of B&M European Value Retail in a report on Thursday, June 4th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, B&M European Value Retail presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 206.25.

B&M European Value Retail Company Profile

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.