Breedon Group (LON:BREE) Insider James Brotherton Sells 19,318 Shares of Stock

Breedon Group plc (LON:BREE) insider James Brotherton sold 19,318 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, April 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 314, for a total transaction of £60,658.52.

Breedon Group Stock Up 1.9%

Shares of BREE stock opened at GBX 318 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of GBX 332.90 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 333.41. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.71. Breedon Group plc has a 12-month low of GBX 294.20 and a 12-month high of GBX 483. The company has a market capitalization of £1.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.14, a P/E/G ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.12.

Breedon Group (LON:BREE) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 31.80 earnings per share for the quarter. Breedon Group had a net margin of 4.89% and a return on equity of 7.14%. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Breedon Group plc will post 36.8586859 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on shares of Breedon Group from GBX 430 to GBX 415 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, March 31st. Berenberg Bank reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 465 target price on shares of Breedon Group in a report on Monday, March 16th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 449.

About Breedon Group

Breedon Group plc, a leading vertically-integrated construction materials group in Great Britain, Ireland and the USA, delivers essential products to the construction sector. Breedon holds 1.5bn tonnes of mineral reserves and resources with long reserve life, supplying value-added products and services, including specialty materials, surfacing and highway maintenance operations, to a broad range of customers through its extensive local network of quarries, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt plants.