Cranswick (LON:CWK) Insider Christopher Aldersley Purchases 3 Shares

Cranswick plc (LON:CWK) insider Christopher Aldersley purchased 3 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 21st. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 5,400 per share, with a total value of £162.

Christopher Aldersley also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, March 23rd, Christopher Aldersley purchased 3 shares of Cranswick stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 5,170 per share, for a total transaction of £155.10.
• On Monday, February 23rd, Christopher Aldersley acquired 2 shares of Cranswick stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 5,390 per share, with a total value of £107.80.

Cranswick Price Performance

LON CWK opened at GBX 5,360 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 5,288.37 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 5,125.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 40.43, a current ratio of 1.78 and a quick ratio of 1.02. Cranswick plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 4,805 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 5,590. The stock has a market capitalization of £2.87 billion, a PE ratio of 19.81, a PEG ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 0.57.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently weighed in on CWK shares. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 5,770 price objective on shares of Cranswick in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Cranswick in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Three 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, Cranswick has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 5,790.

Cranswick Company Profile

Cranswick is a leading and innovative supplier of premium, fresh and added-value food products with revenues of more than £2.7 billion. The business employs over 15,400 people and operates from 23 well-invested, highly efficient facilities in the UK. Cranswick was formed in the early 1970s by farmers in East Yorkshire to produce animal feed and has since evolved into a business which produces a range of high-quality, predominantly fresh food, including fresh pork, poultry, convenience, gourmet products and pet food.