Spectris (LON:SXS) Insider Purchases £162.68 in Stock

Spectris plc (LON:SXS) insider Angela Noon purchased 4 shares of Spectris stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 5th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 4,067 per share, for a total transaction of £162.68.

Angela Noon also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, August 7th, Angela Noon purchased 3 shares of Spectris stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 4,109 per share, for a total transaction of £123.27.
• On Monday, July 7th, Angela Noon purchased 4 shares of Spectris stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 3,997 per share, for a total transaction of £159.88.

Spectris Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of SXS opened at GBX 4,096 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of £4.07 billion, a PE ratio of 7,111.11, a P/E/G ratio of 2.74 and a beta of 0.61. Spectris plc has a 1 year low of GBX 1,877 and a 1 year high of GBX 4,170. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.37, a quick ratio of 1.03 and a current ratio of 2.36. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 4,027.17 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 3,002.35.

Spectris (LON:SXS) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported GBX 38.40 earnings per share for the quarter. Spectris had a net margin of 20.44% and a return on equity of 20.13%. Analysts forecast that Spectris plc will post 194.7972456 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SXS has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price target on shares of Spectris from GBX 3,763 to GBX 4,147 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, September 5th. Shore Capital reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Spectris in a research note on Wednesday, July 2nd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Spectris presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 3,573.50.

About Spectris

The experts in providing insight through precision measurement.

Our purpose is to deliver value beyond measure – going beyond just the measurement.

Precision is at the heart of what we do. Spectris provides global customers with specialist insight through our high-tech instruments and test equipment, augmented by the power of our software.

Through a combination of our hardware, analytical and simulation software, we provide our customers with superior data and invaluable insights that enable them to work faster, smarter and more efficiently.

This equips them with the ability to reduce time to market, improve processes, quality and yield.