AO World (LON:AO) Insider Chris Hopkinson Sells 700,000 Shares of Stock

AO World plc (LON:AO) insider Chris Hopkinson sold 700,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 107, for a total value of £749,000.

AO World Trading Up 1.7%

LON AO opened at GBX 110.60 on Wednesday. AO World plc has a 12 month low of GBX 77.15 and a 12 month high of GBX 120.40. The company has a current ratio of 0.95, a quick ratio of 0.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.05. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 108.02 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 100.09. The stock has a market cap of £643.18 million, a P/E ratio of 25.22, a P/E/G ratio of -2.13 and a beta of 1.06.

AO World (LON:AO) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 25th. The company reported GBX 2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. AO World had a net margin of 2.48% and a return on equity of 18.96%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that AO World plc will post 4.8263419 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 137 price objective on shares of AO World in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 121.

About AO World

AO World plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the online retailing of domestic appliances the United Kingdom and Germany. It retails fridge and freezers; laundry products; dishwashers; and audiovisual equipment, as well as computing, mobile, gaming, and smart home technology products. The company provides logistics and transport services. In addition, it engages in the investment activities; and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling activities. The company sells its products through its websites, marketplaces, and third-party websites.