Tim Lawlor Sells 2,234 Shares of Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTY) Stock

Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTY) insider Tim Lawlor sold 2,234 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 593 ($7.68), for a total transaction of £13,247.62 ($17,151.24).

Tim Lawlor also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, March 17th, Tim Lawlor acquired 24 shares of Vistry Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 613 ($7.94) per share, with a total value of £147.12 ($190.47).
• On Thursday, January 16th, Tim Lawlor bought 26 shares of Vistry Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 590 ($7.64) per share, for a total transaction of £153.40 ($198.60).

Vistry Group Stock Performance

Vistry Group stock traded up GBX 8 ($0.10) during trading hours on Friday, hitting GBX 584 ($7.56). The company had a trading volume of 4,150,620 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,229,163. Vistry Group PLC has a one year low of GBX 511 ($6.62) and a one year high of GBX 1,436 ($18.59). The firm has a market cap of £1.91 billion, a PE ratio of 7.76, a PEG ratio of -0.20 and a beta of 2.14. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 607.56 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 769.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 22.15, a current ratio of 2.64 and a quick ratio of 0.56.

Vistry Group (LON:VTY) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 26th. The company reported GBX 55.90 ($0.72) EPS for the quarter. Vistry Group had a net margin of 6.90% and a return on equity of 7.69%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Vistry Group PLC will post 108.4606345 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have weighed in on VTY. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price target on Vistry Group from GBX 475 ($6.15) to GBX 500 ($6.47) and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research report on Friday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on Vistry Group from GBX 830 ($10.75) to GBX 690 ($8.93) and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Finally, Berenberg Bank cut their price target on Vistry Group from GBX 750 ($9.71) to GBX 650 ($8.42) and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 2nd.

About Vistry Group

Vistry Group is one of the UK’s leading homebuilders with a top tier housebuilder and leading Partnerships business. Our purpose is to develop sustainable new homes and communities across all sectors of the housing market through our leading brands, Bovis Homes, Linden Homes, Vistry Partnerships and Drew Smith.

Our housebuilding division operates across 13 business units, each with a regional office, which are developing hundreds of sites across England.