Polar Capital Holdings plc (LON:POLR) Insider Samir Ayub Sells 15,953 Shares of Stock

Polar Capital Holdings plc (LON:POLR) insider Samir Ayub sold 15,953 shares of Polar Capital stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 473 ($6.38), for a total value of £75,457.69 ($101,722.42).

Polar Capital Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of POLR stock opened at GBX 481.50 ($6.49) on Tuesday. Polar Capital Holdings plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 340.50 ($4.59) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 615 ($8.29). The stock has a market capitalization of £460.23 million, a P/E ratio of 11.22, a P/E/G ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 1.14. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 447.18 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 443.87.

Polar Capital (LON:POLR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, June 30th. The company reported GBX 54.20 ($0.73) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Polar Capital had a return on equity of 32.10% and a net margin of 19.65%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Polar Capital Holdings plc will post 42.5061425 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently commented on POLR. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a GBX 560 ($7.55) price target on shares of Polar Capital in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 500 ($6.74) target price on shares of Polar Capital in a report on Friday, July 11th.

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