Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) Insider Murray McGowan Sells 15,955 Shares

Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) insider Murray McGowan sold 15,955 shares of Imperial Brands stock in a transaction on Monday, February 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,230, for a total transaction of £515,346.50.

Murray McGowan also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, December 16th, Murray McGowan sold 7,431 shares of Imperial Brands stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,191, for a total value of £237,123.21.

Imperial Brands Trading Up 0.1%

LON:IMB opened at GBX 3,220.86 on Wednesday. Imperial Brands PLC has a 1 year low of GBX 2,638 and a 1 year high of GBX 3,341. The stock has a market cap of £25.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.92, a P/E/G ratio of 16.51 and a beta of 0.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 166.91, a quick ratio of 0.41 and a current ratio of 0.72. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 3,128.51 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 3,120.41.

Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 18th. The company reported GBX 315 earnings per share for the quarter. Imperial Brands had a net margin of 11.44% and a return on equity of 41.84%. As a group, analysts anticipate that Imperial Brands PLC will post 246.5723613 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

IMB has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on Imperial Brands from GBX 2,400 to GBX 2,700 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on shares of Imperial Brands from GBX 3,600 to GBX 3,700 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 26th. Panmure Gordon reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 4,200 target price on shares of Imperial Brands in a report on Wednesday, November 19th. Finally, Citigroup increased their target price on shares of Imperial Brands from GBX 3,425 to GBX 3,650 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 24th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Imperial Brands currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 3,562.50.

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