Senior (LON:SNR) Sets New 12-Month High – Still a Buy?

Senior plc (LON:SNR) shares reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as GBX 315.50 and last traded at GBX 315.50, with a volume of 1924571 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 300.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

SNR has been the subject of several analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price target on shares of Senior from GBX 185 to GBX 230 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 275 price objective on shares of Senior in a research report on Friday, November 21st. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price objective on shares of Senior from GBX 215 to GBX 255 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, Senior presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 253.33.

Senior Stock Down 3.2%

The company has a market capitalization of £1.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -161.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 243.82 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 209.36. The company has a current ratio of 1.69, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 52.41.

Senior (LON:SNR) last issued its earnings results on Monday, March 2nd. The company reported GBX 9.65 EPS for the quarter. Senior had a net margin of 3.98% and a return on equity of 7.31%. On average, equities analysts predict that Senior plc will post 5.8304196 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Senior Company Profile

Senior is an international, market-leading, engineering solutions provider with 30 operating businesses in 13 countries*.

Senior designs, manufactures and markets high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment producers in the worldwide aerospace, defence, land vehicle and power & energy markets.

The Group aims to create long-term sustainable growth in shareholder value through a culture of empowerment of autonomous and collaborative operations working within an effective control framework.