Stuart Lorimer Buys 925 Shares of A.G. BARR p.l.c. (LON:BAG) Stock

A.G. BARR p.l.c. (LON:BAG – Get Rating) insider Stuart Lorimer purchased 925 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 19th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 536 ($6.61) per share, with a total value of £4,958 ($6,111.93).

Stuart Lorimer also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, March 29th, Stuart Lorimer purchased 3,654 shares of A.G. BARR stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 544 ($6.71) per share, with a total value of £19,877.76 ($24,504.14).

BAG opened at GBX 538.13 ($6.63) on Monday. The stock has a market cap of £602.86 million and a PE ratio of 21.67. A.G. BARR p.l.c. has a twelve month low of GBX 462.50 ($5.70) and a twelve month high of GBX 595.82 ($7.34). The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 543.46 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 519.77. The company has a quick ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 2.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.77.

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 12th will be paid a dividend of GBX 10 ($0.12) per share. This represents a yield of 1.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 12th. A.G. BARR’s dividend payout ratio is presently 0.08%.

BAG has been the subject of several recent research reports. Peel Hunt restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 595 ($7.33) price target on shares of A.G. BARR in a research report on Tuesday, April 12th. Shore Capital restated a “house stock” rating on shares of A.G. BARR in a research report on Tuesday, March 29th. Berenberg Bank reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 660 ($8.14) price objective on shares of A.G. BARR in a research report on Thursday, May 5th. Finally, Barclays increased their price objective on shares of A.G. BARR from GBX 500 ($6.16) to GBX 517 ($6.37) and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, A.G. BARR currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 588.40 ($7.25).

A.G. BARR Company Profile (Get Rating)

A.G. BARR p.l.c., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells soft drinks and cocktail solutions in the United Kingdom and internationally. It provides carbonated and flavored soft drinks, fruit cocktails, fruit juices, spring and sparkling water, fruit puree, energy drinks, iced tea, and other non-alcoholic beverages.

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