Victorian Plumbing Group (LON:VIC) Insider Daniel Barton Sells 54,000 Shares

Victorian Plumbing Group plc (LON:VIC) insider Daniel Barton sold 54,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 84, for a total transaction of £45,360.

Victorian Plumbing Group Stock Performance

Shares of VIC opened at GBX 82 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 79.85 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 73.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 88.15, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a current ratio of 1.07. The stock has a market capitalization of £269.17 million, a PE ratio of 21.03, a PEG ratio of 0.51 and a beta of 1.03. Victorian Plumbing Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 56.80 and a 1 year high of GBX 109.

Victorian Plumbing Group (LON:VIC) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported GBX 4.20 EPS for the quarter. Victorian Plumbing Group had a return on equity of 10.60% and a net margin of 1.86%. On average, analysts predict that Victorian Plumbing Group plc will post 5.980995 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Key Headlines Impacting Victorian Plumbing Group

Here are the key news stories impacting Victorian Plumbing Group this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Interim revenue growth of 9% reported, signalling continued top-line momentum that supports earnings forecasts. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Company won full shareholder backing at the 2026 AGM, reducing near-term governance risk and endorsing management proposals. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Disclosure notes an acquisition of a transportation business (reported alongside leadership change), which could lower distribution costs and improve control over delivery — a constructive margin opportunity if integration succeeds. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Founder and long-serving CEO is stepping down after ~25–26 years, but the role is being handed to a long-serving internal executive — a planned succession that reduces disruption risk versus an external hire. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple local and national outlets are covering the leadership change (Retail Gazette, The Business Desk, MSN, Sharecast), indicating broad market awareness but no single shock event. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Insider Daniel Barton sold 54,000 shares at an average of GBX 84 (≈£45,360). Insider selling can be perceived negatively, though the transaction size is small relative to the company’s market cap.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

VIC has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Shore Capital Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 90 target price on shares of Victorian Plumbing Group in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 132 price target on shares of Victorian Plumbing Group in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 125 price objective on shares of Victorian Plumbing Group in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on Victorian Plumbing Group from GBX 70 to GBX 80 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 107.40.

About Victorian Plumbing Group

Victorian Plumbing is the UK’s leading bathroom retailer, offering a wide range of over 34,000 products to B2C and trade customers. Victorian Plumbing offers its customers a one-stop shop solution for the entire bathroom with more than 130 own and third party brands across a wide spectrum of price points.

The Group’s product design and supply chain strengths are complemented by its creative and brand-focused marketing strategy, which predominantly focuses on online channels to drive significant and growing traffic to its website.

Headquartered in Skelmersdale, the Group employs over 600 staff across ten locations in Lancashire, Manchester and Birmingham.