Stephen King Purchases 6,500 Shares of Keller Group (LON:KLR) Stock

Keller Group plc (LON:KLR) insider Stephen King purchased 6,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 6th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 3,062 per share, for a total transaction of £199,030.

Keller Group Price Performance

KLR stock traded down GBX 8 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting GBX 3,072. 330,672 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,097,532. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 2,873.96 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 2,351.05. Keller Group plc has a 12 month low of GBX 1,238 and a 12 month high of GBX 3,518. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 48.39, a current ratio of 1.44 and a quick ratio of 1.17. The stock has a market capitalization of £2.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.46, a PEG ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 1.03.

Keller Group (LON:KLR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported GBX 115.10 EPS for the quarter. Keller Group had a return on equity of 23.46% and a net margin of 4.62%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Keller Group plc will post 192.5925926 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 2,910 price objective on shares of Keller Group in a research note on Tuesday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 3,150 target price on shares of Keller Group in a research report on Wednesday. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on shares of Keller Group from GBX 2,050 to GBX 2,270 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Finally, Berenberg Bank raised their price objective on Keller Group from GBX 3,150 to GBX 3,300 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 2,907.50.

About Keller Group

Keller Group plc provides specialist geotechnical services in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers ground improvement services, grouting, deep foundations, earth retention, marine, and instrumentation and monitoring services, as well as post-tension systems and industrial services. It also provides solutions, such as bearing capacity improvement, low carbon construction, containment, excavation support, stabilisation, marine structures, seepage control, slope stabilization, and monitoring.