Breedon Group plc (LON:BREE) Insider Acquires £4,537.33 in Stock

Breedon Group plc (LON:BREE) insider Clive Watson bought 1,223 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 371 ($5.02) per share, for a total transaction of £4,537.33 ($6,138.99).

Clive Watson also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, July 23rd, Clive Watson purchased 2,406 shares of Breedon Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 359 ($4.86) per share, with a total value of £8,637.54 ($11,686.56).
• On Wednesday, July 23rd, Clive Watson purchased 4,919 shares of Breedon Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 354 ($4.79) per share, for a total transaction of £17,413.26 ($23,560.09).
• On Friday, June 13th, Clive Watson acquired 621 shares of Breedon Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 431 ($5.83) per share, with a total value of £2,676.51 ($3,621.31).

Breedon Group Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of BREE opened at GBX 376.80 ($5.10) on Friday. Breedon Group plc has a twelve month low of GBX 344 ($4.65) and a twelve month high of GBX 501 ($6.78). The company has a current ratio of 1.44, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 44.86. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.49, a PEG ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.29. The firm’s 50-day moving average is GBX 388.99 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 428.55.

Breedon Group (LON:BREE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 23rd. The company reported GBX 11.20 ($0.15) EPS for the quarter. Breedon Group had a return on equity of 8.58% and a net margin of 6.34%. On average, research analysts predict that Breedon Group plc will post 36.8586859 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Berenberg Bank decreased their target price on shares of Breedon Group from GBX 590 ($7.98) to GBX 540 ($7.31) and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd.

Breedon Group Company Profile

Breedon Group plc, a leading vertically-integrated construction materials group in Great Britain, Ireland and the USA, delivers essential products to the construction sector. Breedon holds 1.5bn tonnes of mineral reserves and resources with long reserve life, supplying value-added products and services, including specialty materials, surfacing and highway maintenance operations, to a broad range of customers through its extensive local network of quarries, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt plants.