SThree (LON:STEM) Shares Up 0.8%

SThree plc (LON:STEM) shot up 0.8% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 432.50 ($5.43) and last traded at GBX 430 ($5.40). 118,752 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 43% from the average session volume of 209,928 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 426.50 ($5.36).

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Berenberg Bank started coverage on shares of SThree in a research note on Monday, February 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a GBX 550 ($6.91) target price on the stock.

SThree Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.02, a current ratio of 1.87 and a quick ratio of 1.69. The firm has a market capitalization of £571.69 million, a P/E ratio of 1,023.81, a P/E/G ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 0.96. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 425.24 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 407.79.

Insider Buying and Selling at SThree

In other SThree news, insider Timo Lehne sold 31,017 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 434 ($5.45), for a total value of £134,613.78 ($169,091.55). Over the last quarter, insiders have bought 85 shares of company stock worth $36,142. 6.25% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.