Insider Buying: Brooks Macdonald Group plc (LON:BRK) Insider Buys 1,224 Shares of Stock

Brooks Macdonald Group plc (LON:BRK) insider Katherine Jones bought 1,224 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 18th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 1,470 ($19.11) per share, with a total value of £17,992.80 ($23,391.58).

Brooks Macdonald Group Trading Down 1.4 %

LON:BRK traded down GBX 20 ($0.26) during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting GBX 1,450 ($18.85). 239,652 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 171,790. The stock has a market capitalization of £235.70 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.85 and a beta of 0.80. Brooks Macdonald Group plc has a one year low of GBX 1,385 ($18.01) and a one year high of GBX 2,140 ($27.82). The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 1,475.87 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 1,640.14. The company has a current ratio of 2.29, a quick ratio of 2.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.50.

Brooks Macdonald Group (LON:BRK) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 69.60 ($0.90) EPS for the quarter. Brooks Macdonald Group had a return on equity of 4.30% and a net margin of 5.03%. Sell-side analysts expect that Brooks Macdonald Group plc will post 155.186722 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Brooks Macdonald Group in a report on Tuesday, January 28th.

About Brooks Macdonald Group

Brooks Macdonald Group plc, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of investment and wealth management services to private clients, pension funds, professional intermediaries, and trustees in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. It operates through two segments, UK Investment Management and International.