Vesuvius’ (VSVS) Buy Rating Reiterated at Jefferies Financial Group

Vesuvius (LON:VSVS)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by stock analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a research note issued on Thursday,Digital Look reports. They presently have a GBX 545 price objective on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price target indicates a potential upside of 19.00% from the stock’s current price.

Vesuvius Stock Performance

Shares of Vesuvius stock opened at GBX 458 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of GBX 429.71 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 426.03. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.91, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.15. Vesuvius has a 52 week low of GBX 322.53 and a 52 week high of GBX 507.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 57.10, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 2.35.

Vesuvius (LON:VSVS) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, March 12th. The company reported GBX 34.20 EPS for the quarter. Vesuvius had a net margin of 2.88% and a return on equity of 4.75%. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Vesuvius will post 51.3945695 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Vesuvius

In other Vesuvius news, insider Mark Collis sold 320 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 434, for a total transaction of £1,388.80. Insiders own 25.13% of the company’s stock.

Vesuvius Company Profile

We are a global leader in metal flow engineering, providing a full range of engineering services and solutions to its customers worldwide, principally serving the steel and foundry industries.