Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) Insider Sells £983,758.59 in Stock

Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) insider Lukas Paravicini sold 30,561 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,219, for a total transaction of £983,758.59.

Lukas Paravicini also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, December 16th, Lukas Paravicini sold 17,121 shares of Imperial Brands stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,191, for a total transaction of £546,331.11.

Imperial Brands Stock Down 1.6%

LON IMB opened at GBX 3,200 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 166.91, a quick ratio of 0.41 and a current ratio of 0.72. Imperial Brands PLC has a 52 week low of GBX 2,638 and a 52 week high of GBX 3,341. The stock has a market capitalization of £25.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 16.51 and a beta of 0.42. The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 3,126.45 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 3,121.83.

Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, November 18th. The company reported GBX 315 EPS for the quarter. Imperial Brands had a net margin of 11.44% and a return on equity of 41.84%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Imperial Brands PLC will post 246.5723613 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

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