Peel Hunt Reaffirms Add Rating for Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW)

Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW)‘s stock had its “add” rating reaffirmed by equities research analysts at Peel Hunt in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, MarketBeat Ratings reports. They presently have a £165 price target on the stock. Peel Hunt’s target price indicates a potential upside of 11.30% from the company’s previous close.

Games Workshop Group Price Performance

GAW stock opened at £148.25 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of £4.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 2,497.82, a PEG ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.25. Games Workshop Group has a twelve month low of £104 and a twelve month high of £167.50. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of £155.98 and a 200-day simple moving average of £152.65. The company has a current ratio of 3.29, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.77.

Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported GBX 594.90 earnings per share for the quarter. Games Workshop Group had a return on equity of 60.82% and a net margin of 28.74%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Games Workshop Group will post 448.9953023 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Games Workshop Group

In other Games Workshop Group news, insider Elizabeth Harrison acquired 475 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 1st. The shares were purchased at an average price of £163.03 per share, with a total value of £77,439.25. Also, insider Kevin Rountree acquired 104 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 15th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of £156.61 per share, for a total transaction of £16,287.44. Insiders have bought 2,924 shares of company stock valued at $47,478,919 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 7.93% of the company’s stock.

Games Workshop Group Company Profile

Games Workshop Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Core and Licensing. The company offers games under the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, and Warhammer 40,000 names, as well as Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl.