Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) Insider Timothy (Tim) Charles Jones Buys 53 Shares

Mitchells & Butlers plc (LON:MAB) insider Timothy (Tim) Charles Jones acquired 53 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 30th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 263 per share, with a total value of £139.39.

Timothy (Tim) Charles Jones also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, December 12th, Timothy (Tim) Charles Jones sold 47,849 shares of Mitchells & Butlers stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 256, for a total value of £122,493.44.
• On Thursday, December 11th, Timothy (Tim) Charles Jones sold 162,679 shares of Mitchells & Butlers stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 260, for a total value of £422,965.40.
• On Friday, November 7th, Timothy (Tim) Charles Jones purchased 57 shares of Mitchells & Butlers stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 243 per share, with a total value of £138.51.

Mitchells & Butlers Trading Up 1.5%

Shares of MAB opened at GBX 267.50 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 63.56, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a current ratio of 0.46. The company has a market cap of £1.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.07, a PEG ratio of 2.76 and a beta of 1.71. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 265.69 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 260.37. Mitchells & Butlers plc has a 52-week low of GBX 194.40 and a 52-week high of GBX 308.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on MAB shares. Shore Capital reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Mitchells & Butlers in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Panmure Gordon reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 390 price objective on shares of Mitchells & Butlers in a report on Tuesday, December 2nd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 340 price objective on shares of Mitchells & Butlers in a research report on Tuesday, December 2nd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 351.25.

About Mitchells & Butlers

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.