Insider Selling: Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTY) Insider Sells 2,234 Shares of Stock

Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTY) insider Tim Lawlor sold 2,234 shares of Vistry Group stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 593 ($7.68), for a total transaction of £13,247.62 ($17,146.80).

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 bought at an average price of GBX 613 ($7.93) per share, for a total transaction of £147.12 ($190.42).
• On Thursday, January 16th, Tim Lawlor bought 26 shares of Vistry Group stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 590 ($7.64) per share, with a total value of £153.40 ($198.55).

Vistry Group Stock Performance

Shares of VTY stock opened at GBX 584 ($7.56) on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 607.09 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 768.29. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.91 billion, a PE ratio of 7.76, a P/E/G ratio of -0.20 and a beta of 2.14. The company has a quick ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 2.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 22.15. Vistry Group PLC has a 52 week low of GBX 511 ($6.61) and a 52 week high of GBX 1,436 ($18.59).

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently commented on VTY. Royal Bank of Canada raised 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. Berenberg Bank decreased their target price on Vistry Group from GBX 750 ($9.71) to GBX 650 ($8.41) and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on Vistry Group from GBX 830 ($10.74) to GBX 690 ($8.93) and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 5th.

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.