SThree plc (LON:STEM) Insider Purchases £25,005.40 in Stock

SThree plc (LON:STEM) insider Andrew Beach bought 9,436 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 17th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 265 ($3.31) per share, for a total transaction of £25,005.40 ($31,252.84).

Andrew Beach also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, November 12th, Andrew Beach purchased 44 shares of SThree stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 351 ($4.39) per share, with a total value of £154.44 ($193.03).
• On Monday, October 14th, Andrew Beach acquired 40 shares of SThree stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 367 ($4.59) per share, for a total transaction of £146.80 ($183.48).

SThree Price Performance

Shares of LON:STEM opened at GBX 266 ($3.32) on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.89, a quick ratio of 1.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.91. The stock has a market cap of £353.51 million, a PE ratio of 633.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 0.98. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 346.21 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 387.06. SThree plc has a 1-year low of GBX 221.50 ($2.77) and a 1-year high of GBX 457.50 ($5.72).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on STEM shares. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 300 ($3.75) target price on shares of SThree in a research report on Tuesday. Berenberg Bank cut their price target on SThree from GBX 520 ($6.50) to GBX 390 ($4.87) and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 12th.

SThree Company Profile

SThree plc provides specialist recruitment services in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics markets in the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, France, the United States, Dubai, Japan. The company offers recruitment services for permanent and contract roles, as well as support services.