Essentra (LON:ESNT) Insider Scott Fawcett Buys 17,483 Shares of Stock

Essentra plc (LON:ESNT) insider Scott Fawcett bought 17,483 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 15th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 86 per share, for a total transaction of £15,035.38.

Scott Fawcett also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, April 7th, Scott Fawcett sold 21,279 shares of Essentra stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 90, for a total value of £19,151.10.

Essentra Trading Up 1.3%

Shares of ESNT opened at GBX 85.25 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 2.20, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 47.67. The firm has a market capitalization of £242.42 million, a P/E ratio of 121.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 0.90. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 97.48 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 99.42. Essentra plc has a twelve month low of GBX 83.30 and a twelve month high of GBX 123.80.

Essentra (LON:ESNT) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March 17th. The company reported GBX 6.10 earnings per share for the quarter. Essentra had a return on equity of 0.79% and a net margin of 0.70%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Essentra plc will post 524.137931 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ESNT has been the topic of several research reports. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 130 target price on shares of Essentra in a research report on Wednesday. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 160 target price on shares of Essentra in a research report on Thursday, March 19th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their target price on Essentra to GBX 130 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 18th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their target price on Essentra from GBX 150 to GBX 100 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 150.

About Essentra

Essentra plc is a leading global provider of essential components and solutions, focusing on the manufacture and distribution of plastic injection moulded, vinyl dip moulded and metal items.

Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Essentra’s global network extends to 28 countries worldwide and includes c.3,000 employees, 14 manufacturing facilities, 26 distribution centres and 37 sales & service centres serving c.64,000 customers with a rapid supply of low cost but essential products for a variety of applications in industries such as equipment manufacturing, automotive, fabrication, electronics, medical and renewable energy.