LPA Group (LON:LPA) Hits New 1-Year High on Insider Buying Activity

Shares of LPA Group Plc (LON:LPA) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday following insider buying activity. The company traded as high as GBX 70 and last traded at GBX 62, with a volume of 48644 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 62.50.

Specifically, insider Philo Daniel-Tran bought 46,029 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 5th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 55 per share, with a total value of £25,315.95.

LPA Group Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 17.60, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a current ratio of 1.97. The stock has a market cap of £8.19 million, a PE ratio of -23.48 and a beta of 0.08. The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 42.86 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 45.44.

LPA Group (LON:LPA) last announced its earnings results on Friday, January 30th. The company reported GBX (2.64) EPS for the quarter. LPA Group had a return on equity of 6.30% and a net margin of 4.16%. Equities analysts anticipate that LPA Group Plc will post 1.9765494 EPS for the current year.

LPA Group Company Profile

LPA Group plc (AIM: LPA) is an innovation-led engineering specialist in electronic and electro-mechanical components and systems.

Focused on transport (rail and aviation), aerospace, defence, infrastructure and industrial markets and supplying into hostile and challenging environments, LPA is known for engineering solutions to improve product reliability, reducing maintenance and life cycle costs.

The Group has three sites across the UK, selling to customers in the UK and overseas. Two of these are design and manufacturing sites: Saffron Walden, Essex – electro-mechanical systems for rail, aviation and industrial; Normanton, Yorkshire – LED lighting and electronic systems for rail and infrastructure.