Cranswick (LON:CWK) Earns Buy Rating from Peel Hunt

Cranswick (LON:CWK)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by equities research analysts at Peel Hunt in a report released on Tuesday, MarketBeat Ratings reports. They presently have a GBX 5,500 price objective on the stock. Peel Hunt’s price target indicates a potential upside of 7.41% from the stock’s previous close.

Separately, Shore Capital reissued a “house stock” rating on shares of Cranswick in a research note on Tuesday, October 7th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 5,790.

Cranswick Price Performance

Shares of CWK stock opened at GBX 5,120.41 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day moving average is GBX 4,976.79 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 5,150.14. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.98. The stock has a market cap of £2.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.81, a PEG ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 0.44. Cranswick has a twelve month low of GBX 4,555 and a twelve month high of GBX 5,590.

Cranswick (LON:CWK) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November 25th. The company reported GBX 144.40 EPS for the quarter. Cranswick had a net margin of 4.35% and a return on equity of 12.64%. Research analysts expect that Cranswick will post 258.5590189 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Cranswick Company Profile

Cranswick is a leading and innovative supplier of premium, fresh and added-value food products with revenues of more than £2.7 billion. The business employs over 15,400 people and operates from 23 well-invested, highly efficient facilities in the UK. Cranswick was formed in the early 1970s by farmers in East Yorkshire to produce animal feed and has since evolved into a business which produces a range of high-quality, predominantly fresh food, including fresh pork, poultry, convenience, gourmet products and pet food.