Petros Parras Buys 14,800 Shares of Compass Group (LON:CPG) Stock

Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) insider Petros Parras acquired 14,800 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 9th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 2,384 per share, for a total transaction of £352,832.

Compass Group Price Performance

Compass Group stock traded up GBX 14 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching GBX 2,359. The company had a trading volume of 27,388,629 shares, compared to its average volume of 35,052,879. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 2,394.13 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 2,498.70. The company has a market cap of £40.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.46, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.81. The company has a current ratio of 0.74, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 86.56. Compass Group PLC has a fifty-two week low of GBX 2,249 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 2,853.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on CPG. Citigroup raised Compass Group to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the stock from GBX 2,750 to GBX 3,000 in a research report on Thursday, November 27th. Berenberg Bank boosted their price objective on Compass Group from GBX 3,000 to GBX 3,100 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 3,000 price objective on shares of Compass Group in a report on Friday, October 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a GBX 3,100 price target on shares of Compass Group in a research report on Tuesday, December 2nd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded Compass Group to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from GBX 2,700 to GBX 2,775 in a research note on Monday, December 1st. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 2,979.17.

About Compass Group

Compass Group is a global leader in food services, operating in over 25 countries, with over 590,000 employees worldwide and generating underlying revenues of over $46 billion for the 2025 fiscal year. The company’s primary listing is the London Stock Exchange and also trades on OTCQX® Best Market.
Our core offer is the provision of outsourced food services and targeted support services across the world. Compass operates across five sectors: Business & Industry, Healthcare & Senior Living, Education, Sports & Leisure, and Defence, Offshore & Remote, using a portfolio of bespoke B2B brands.