Wilmington (LON:WIL) Stock Crosses Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

Wilmington plc (LON:WIL) passed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 323.97 and traded as low as GBX 288.88. Wilmington shares last traded at GBX 295, with a volume of 33,845 shares traded.

Wilmington News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Wilmington this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Residents raise questions about a proposed $4 billion Amazon data center in Wilmington — a major planned investment that could boost local economic activity and supply-chain demand in the region. Residents ask questions about plans for $4B Amazon data center in Wilmington
• Positive Sentiment: Wilmington Police report a 21% drop in shootings in 2025 — improved public safety can support local business confidence and economic stability. Wilmington Police report 21% less shootings in 2025
• Positive Sentiment: ABC released a trailer for a network series filmed in Wilmington (“RJ Decker”) — film/TV production can bring short-term local spending and jobs. ABC releases trailer for Wilmington-filmed series ‘RJ Decker’
• Positive Sentiment: Network TV series shot in Wilmington released an edgy new trailer — reinforces local production momentum. Wilmington-shot network TV series releases edgy new trailer
• Neutral Sentiment: Wilmington College to host Frank Levering as Quaker-in-Residence — local education/cultural event, limited market impact. Wilmington College to host Frank Levering as Quaker-in-Residence
• Neutral Sentiment: Proposed charter school would integrate deaf and hearing students — local education policy story with social impact but no direct corporate link. Proposed charter school in Wilmington would integrate deaf, hearing students
• Neutral Sentiment: Family regains access to ancestral burial site after decades — community/civil-rights interest, not market-moving. Wilmington family gains access to ancestral burial site after decades
• Neutral Sentiment: How to buy a porta-potty for the unhoused — human-interest/local services coverage tied to social-policy responses. How to buy a porta-potty for the unhoused in Wilmington
• Neutral Sentiment: Archive piece on a past Wilmington development plan called “catastrophic overdevelopment” — historical context for planning debates. From the archives: Wilmington plan called ‘catastrophic overdevelopment’
• Neutral Sentiment: Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in Wilmington — routine community calendar item. Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in Wilmington, including the parade
• Neutral Sentiment: The warming shelter in Wilmington set to open — social-services update with limited market relevance. The warming shelter in Wilmington set to open
• Neutral Sentiment: Roundup: five highest-rated downtown Wilmington restaurants — lifestyle piece, not material to corporate fundamentals. The 5 Highest Rated Restaurants In Downtown Wilmington
• Negative Sentiment: Man held on $1M bond after deputies seize over 1,600 pills and weapons — crime incident that can weigh on local sentiment. Wilmington man held on $1M bond after deputies seize over 1,600 pills, weapons
• Negative Sentiment: Armed robbery and kidnapping at a video game store — violent crime incident with potential local business impact. Wilmington man arrested in armed robbery, kidnapping at video game store
• Negative Sentiment: $20,000 Pokémon card theft leads to an arrest — retail crime example, limited macro impact but negative for local merchants. $20,000 Pokemon card theft leads to arrest in Wilmington
• Negative Sentiment: Sunoco gas station canopy collapses — local infrastructure incident that may raise inspection/repair costs. Sunoco gas station canopy collapses in Wilmington; cause remains unknown
• Negative Sentiment: Anti-ICE protest draws hundreds — civic unrest can be a short-term negative for local sentiment/business activity. Anti-ICE protest draws hundreds in Wilmington

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on WIL shares. Berenberg Bank reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 460 price objective on shares of Wilmington in a report on Monday, September 22nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price target on shares of Wilmington from GBX 435 to GBX 465 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price objective on shares of Wilmington from GBX 450 to GBX 475 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 466.67.

Wilmington Price Performance

The stock has a market cap of £259.71 million, a PE ratio of 22.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.45. The company’s fifty day moving average is GBX 300.96 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 323.97.

Insider Activity at Wilmington

In other Wilmington news, insider Mark Milner bought 8,315 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 28th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 298 per share, with a total value of £24,778.70. Corporate insiders own 12.83% of the company’s stock.

Wilmington Company Profile

Wilmington acts as trusted partner to customers who are operating in regulated sectors and in the governance, risk and compliance markets. We provide critical data and information to enable our customers to make the decisions needed to maintain compliance with the rules and regulations that apply to them; and we provide training and education to equip our customers with the knowledge and skills to carry out their activities in line with best practice.