FirstGroup (LON:FGP) Insider Graham Sutherland Buys 29,543 Shares

FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP) insider Graham Sutherland bought 29,543 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 168 per share, with a total value of £49,632.24.

FirstGroup Stock Performance

Shares of FGP opened at GBX 167.80 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of £911.37 million, a P/E ratio of 7.92, a PEG ratio of 5.21 and a beta of 0.69. FirstGroup plc has a twelve month low of GBX 136.61 and a twelve month high of GBX 240.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 203.28, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a current ratio of 0.70. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 184.15 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 195.52.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on FGP shares. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on shares of FirstGroup from GBX 245 to GBX 250 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 240 price target on shares of FirstGroup in a research note on Monday, January 19th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 246.25.

FirstGroup Company Profile

FirstGroup plc provides public transport services in the United Kingdom. The company operates through First Bus and First Rail segments. The First Bus segment offers local bus services with a fleet of approximately 4,900 buses in the United Kingdom. The First Rail segment operates a passenger rail network that provides long-distance, commuter, regional, and sleeper services through a portfolio of Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, TransPennine Express, and Avanti West Coast franchises; and hull trains and Lumos.