Jefferies Financial Group Reaffirms Buy Rating for Vesuvius (LON:VSVS)

Vesuvius (LON:VSVS)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by investment analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. They currently have a GBX 545 price objective on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price objective suggests a potential upside of 27.03% from the stock’s previous close.

Vesuvius Stock Performance

Shares of VSVS opened at GBX 429.04 on Wednesday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 440.84 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 411.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 57.10, a current ratio of 2.35 and a quick ratio of 1.20. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.05 billion, a PE ratio of 20.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.13. Vesuvius has a one year low of GBX 317.40 and a one year high of GBX 507.50.

Vesuvius (LON:VSVS) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, March 12th. The company reported GBX 34.20 earnings per share for the quarter. Vesuvius had a return on equity of 4.75% and a net margin of 2.88%. On average, analysts anticipate that Vesuvius will post 51.3945695 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Vesuvius

In other Vesuvius news, insider Mark Collis sold 320 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 434, for a total value of £1,388.80. Company insiders own 25.13% of the company’s stock.

About Vesuvius

We are a global leader in metal flow engineering, providing a full range of engineering services and solutions to its customers worldwide, principally serving the steel and foundry industries.