Senior (LON:SNR) Shares Cross Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

Senior plc (LON:SNR) shares passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 167.77 ($2.27) and traded as high as GBX 202.50 ($2.74). Senior shares last traded at GBX 194.40 ($2.63), with a volume of 30,205,225 shares changing hands.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 185 target price on shares of Senior in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their target price on shares of Senior from GBX 195 to GBX 220 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 4th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of GBX 202.50.

Senior Stock Up 0.3%

The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 59.35. The company has a market capitalization of £803.65 million, a PE ratio of -10,451.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.47. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 192.94 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 167.77.

Senior (LON:SNR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 4th. The company reported GBX 5.07 EPS for the quarter. Senior had a net margin of 3.09% and a return on equity of 6.67%. As a group, analysts forecast that Senior plc will post 5.8304196 EPS for the current year.

About Senior

Senior is an international, market-leading, engineering solutions provider with 30 operating businesses in 13 countries*.

Senior designs, manufactures and markets high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment producers in the worldwide aerospace, defence, land vehicle and power & energy markets.

The Group aims to create long-term sustainable growth in shareholder value through a culture of empowerment of autonomous and collaborative operations working within an effective control framework.