Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) Insider Phil Urban Acquires 52 Shares

Mitchells & Butlers plc (LON:MAB) insider Phil Urban acquired 52 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 30th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 263 per share, for a total transaction of £136.76.

Phil Urban also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, January 2nd, Phil Urban bought 53 shares of Mitchells & Butlers stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 261 per share, with a total value of £138.33.
• On Friday, December 12th, Phil Urban sold 57,217 shares of Mitchells & Butlers stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 256, for a total value of £146,475.52.
• On Thursday, December 11th, Phil Urban sold 194,357 shares of Mitchells & Butlers stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 260, for a total value of £505,328.20.
• On Friday, December 5th, Phil Urban purchased 52 shares of Mitchells & Butlers stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 264 per share, for a total transaction of £137.28.
• On Friday, November 7th, Phil Urban acquired 57 shares of Mitchells & Butlers stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 243 per share, with a total value of £138.51.

Mitchells & Butlers Price Performance

Shares of LON:MAB opened at GBX 267.50 on Tuesday. The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 265.69 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 260.37. The company has a current ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 63.56. The stock has a market cap of £1.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.07, a P/E/G ratio of 2.76 and a beta of 1.71. Mitchells & Butlers plc has a 12 month low of GBX 194.40 and a 12 month high of GBX 308.

Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) last posted its earnings results on Friday, November 28th. The company reported GBX 30.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Mitchells & Butlers had a net margin of 1.72% and a return on equity of 1.89%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Mitchells & Butlers plc will post 26.6341463 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MAB has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Panmure Gordon restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 390 target price on shares of Mitchells & Butlers in a research report on Tuesday, December 2nd. Shore Capital reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Mitchells & Butlers in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 340 target price on shares of Mitchells & Butlers in a research note on Tuesday, December 2nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 351.25.

Mitchells & Butlers Company Profile

Mitchells & Butlers is a leading operator of managed restaurants and pubs in the UK. It listed on the London Stock Exchange in April 2003 and is a member of the FTSE 250. Its restaurants and pubs have some of the highest average sales and profits per site in the industry and it operates the best portfolio of brands in the UK.