Should I buy or sell Hunting stock right now?

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hunting in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" HTG shares. View HTG analyst ratings or view top-rated stocks .

What is Hunting's stock price target for 2024?

5 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Hunting's shares. Their HTG share price targets range from GBX 365 to GBX 450. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach GBX 407 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts price targets for HTG or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts .

How have HTG shares performed in 2024?

Hunting's stock was trading at GBX 295.50 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HTG shares have increased by 20.3% and is now trading at GBX 355.50. View the best growth stocks for 2024 here .

How often does Hunting pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Hunting?

Hunting declared a dividend on Thursday, February 29th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 11th will be paid a dividend of GBX 0.05 per share on Friday, May 10th. This represents a yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 11th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link . Read our dividend analysis for HTG .

Is Hunting a good dividend stock?

Hunting (LON:HTG) pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.37%. The dividend payout ratio is 1,454.55%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Read our dividend analysis for HTG .

What other stocks do shareholders of Hunting own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hunting investors own include Intelsat (I) , Associated British Foods (ABF) , Fossil Group (FOSL) , Chaarat Gold (CGH) , AMC Entertainment (AMC) , Bank of America (BAC) , First Data (FDC) , Air Canada (AC) , Apollo Global Management (APO) and China Unicom (Hong Kong) (CHU) .

How do I buy shares of Hunting?

Shares of HTG stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock. Compare Top Brokerages Here .

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Hunting (HTG) Share Price, News & Analysis

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GBX 355

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Today's Range: 349
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356
50-Day Range: 292.50
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367
52-Week Range: 190
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369.50

Volume: 100,070 shs
Average Volume: 496,005 shs
Market Capitalization: £585.54 million

P/E Ratio: 645.45
Dividend Yield: 2.25%
Price Target: GBX 407

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Hunting MarketRank™ Stock Analysis

Analyst Rating: Buy
3.00 Rating Score
Upside/Downside: 14.5% Upside
GBX 407 Price Target
Short Interest: N/A
Dividend Strength: Weak
Based on Four Factors
Sustainability: N/A
News Sentiment: 0.20
Based on 4 Articles This Week
Insider Trading: Selling Shares
£8.77 M Sold Last Quarter
Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Overall MarketRank^™

New Rank-Based ScoringMarketRank^™ is calculated by averaging available category scores (with extra weight given to analysis and valuation), then ranking the company's weighted average against that of other companies.

1.29 out of 5 stars

2.5

Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Hunting has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 5 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Hunting has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

N/A

Short Interest

Short Interest
There is no current short interest data available for HTG.

0.8

Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
Hunting pays a meaningful dividend of 2.37%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.
Dividend Growth
Hunting does not have a long track record of dividend growth.
Dividend Coverage
The dividend payout ratio of Hunting is 1,454.55%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

N/A

Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score
There is no current Upright™ data available for HTG.

2.3

News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment
Hunting has a news sentiment score of 0.20. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.49 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Hunting this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.
Search Interest
1 people have searched for HTG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

2.5

Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Hunting insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £87,748.80 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 7.40% of the stock of Hunting is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
67.40% of the stock of Hunting is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

0.6

Earnings and Valuation

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Hunting is 646.36, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 134.26.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Hunting is 646.36, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 98.61.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
Hunting has a PEG Ratio of 1.06. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Hunting has a P/B Ratio of 0.59. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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About Hunting Stock (LON:HTG)

Hunting PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures components, technology systems, and precision parts worldwide. It operates in five segments: Hunting Titan; North America; Subsea Technologies; EMEA; and Asia Pacific. The company designs and manufactures perforating systems, energetics, instrumentation, and associated hardware; connection technology and OCTG; subsea technologies; supplies highly engineered tubular components, hollow rotating shafts, very accurate deep hole drilling, plus complex turned, and milled profiles; well intervention equipment; and well test and process systems. It also manufactures electronic parts for the energy, medical, defense, and aerospace sectors; provides trenchless technologies, which include drill pipe, tooling products, and conversion roadmaps; and innovative MWD solutions for gyro, steering tool, and running gear; and organic oil recovery technology. The company serves its products to energy, aerospace and defense, telecommunications, utilities, commercial, medical, and transportation industries. Hunting PLC was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

HTG Stock Price History

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HTG Stock News Headlines

April 18, 2024 | morningstar.com

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Hunting PLC

January 18, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com

Investors Met With Slowing Returns on Capital At Hunting (LON:HTG)

January 10, 2024 | lse.co.uk

Hunting 2023 performance in line with expectations; appoints new chair

January 10, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com

Hunting PLC ("Hunting" or "the Company" or "the Group") 2023 Year-end Trading Update

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November 23, 2023 | usatoday.com

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November 17, 2023 | msn.com

Why FTSE 250 regular Hunting may be undervalued by 40%

November 12, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Those who invested in Hunting (LON:HTG) three years ago are up 80%

November 9, 2023 | morningstar.com

Hunting PLC HTG

October 26, 2023 | lse.co.uk

Hunting to meet 2023 expectations and hails new order win

October 26, 2023 | finanznachrichten.de

Hunting Plc Issues Q3 Trading Update; FY23 Guidance Remains Unchanged

October 26, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Hunting PLC ("Hunting" or "the Company" or "the Group") Major Subsea Order and Q3 2023 Trading Update

September 13, 2023 | reuters.com

UK's Hunting targets $1 bln in revenue by 2025

September 13, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Hunting PLC ("Hunting" or "the Company" or "the Group") Capital Markets Day

September 11, 2023 | forbes.com

From Subsea To Space: How Hunting Plc CEO Jim Johnson Is Transforming His Global Engineering Group

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Ex-Dividend for 5/10 Dividend: 4/11/2024
Today: 4/19/2024
Dividend Payable: 5/10/2024

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Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange: LON
Sector: Energy
Industry: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Sub-Industry: N/A
Current Symbol: LON:HTG
CUSIP: N/A
CIK: N/A
Web: www.huntingplc.com
Phone: +44-20-73210123
Fax: N/A
Employees: 2,420
Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target: GBX 407
High Stock Price Target: GBX 450
Low Stock Price Target: GBX 365
Potential Upside/Downside: +15.4%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.55
Trailing P/E Ratio: 641.00
Forward P/E Ratio: 11.48
P/E Growth: 1.06
Net Income: £117.10 million
Net Margins: 12.60%
Pretax Margin: N/A
Return on Equity: 13.20%
Return on Assets: 3.30%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 8.24
Current Ratio: 2.78
Quick Ratio: 2.08

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales: £929.10 million
Price / Sales: 0.63
Cash Flow: GBX 63.38 per share
Price / Cash Flow: 5.56
Book Value: GBX 602 per share
Price / Book: 0.59

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares: 164,940,000
Free Float: N/A
Market Cap: £581.50 million
Optionable: Not Optionable
Beta: 1.10

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Key Executives

Mr. Arthur James Johnson (Age 64)
CEO & Director
Comp: $2.74M
Mr. Bruce Hill Ferguson (Age 53)
Group Finance Director & Director
Comp: $964.55k
Rick Bradley (Age 63)
Chief Operating Officer
Ms. Tarryn Riley
Head of Investor Relations
Gregory T. Farmer (Age 57)
Global Director of QAHSE/Compliance
Ms. Liese Borden (Age 62)
Chief Human Resources Officer
Randy Walliser (Age 63)
Managing Director of Canada Operations
Jason Mai (Age 55)
Managing Director of Hunting Titan
Daniel Tan (Age 60)
Managing Director of Asia Pacific Operations
Scott George (Age 49)
Managing Director of North America

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Insiders

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HTG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Should I buy or sell Hunting stock right now?: 5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hunting in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" HTG shares.
View HTG analyst ratings or view top-rated stocks.
What is Hunting's stock price target for 2024?: 5 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Hunting's shares. Their HTG share price targets range from GBX 365 to GBX 450. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach GBX 407 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.5% from the stock's current price.
View analysts price targets for HTG or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts.
How have HTG shares performed in 2024?: Hunting's stock was trading at GBX 295.50 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HTG shares have increased by 20.3% and is now trading at GBX 355.50.
View the best growth stocks for 2024 here.
How often does Hunting pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Hunting?: Hunting declared a dividend on Thursday, February 29th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 11th will be paid a dividend of GBX 0.05 per share on Friday, May 10th. This represents a yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 11th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.
Read our dividend analysis for HTG.

Is Hunting a good dividend stock?: Hunting (LON:HTG) pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.37%. The dividend payout ratio is 1,454.55%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.
Read our dividend analysis for HTG.
What other stocks do shareholders of Hunting own?: Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hunting investors own include Intelsat (I), Associated British Foods (ABF), Fossil Group (FOSL), Chaarat Gold (CGH), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Bank of America (BAC), First Data (FDC), Air Canada (AC), Apollo Global Management (APO) and China Unicom (Hong Kong) (CHU).
How do I buy shares of Hunting?: Shares of HTG stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.
Compare Top Brokerages Here.

This page (LON:HTG) was last updated on 4/19/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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Hunting (HTG) Share Price, News & Analysis

Hunting MarketRank™ Stock Analysis

Overall MarketRank™

Analyst's Opinion

Short Interest

Short Interest

Dividend Strength

Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score

News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment

News Coverage This Week

Search Interest

Company Ownership

Earnings and Valuation

About Hunting Stock (LON:HTG)

HTG Stock Price History

HTG Stock News Headlines

Company Calendar

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Price Target and Rating

Profitability

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Miscellaneous

Key Executives

Key Competitors

Insiders

HTG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Overall MarketRank^™