Breedon Group (LON:BREE) Insider Rob Wood Sells 28,559 Shares of Stock

Breedon Group plc (LON:BREE) insider Rob Wood sold 28,559 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, April 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 314, for a total value of £89,675.26.

Breedon Group Stock Up 1.9%

LON:BREE opened at GBX 318 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.71. The stock’s fifty day moving average is GBX 332.90 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 333.41. Breedon Group plc has a 52 week low of GBX 294.20 and a 52 week high of GBX 483. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.12.

Breedon Group (LON:BREE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 31.80 EPS for the quarter. Breedon Group had a return on equity of 7.14% and a net margin of 4.89%. Research analysts anticipate that Breedon Group plc will post 36.8586859 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have commented on BREE shares. Berenberg Bank restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 465 price target on shares of Breedon Group in a research note on Monday, March 16th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price target on Breedon Group from GBX 430 to GBX 415 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 31st. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Breedon Group currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target 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.