Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) Insider Nick Anderson Purchases 3,750 Shares

Hill & Smith PLC (LON:HILS) insider Nick Anderson acquired 3,750 shares of Hill & Smith stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 4th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,747 per share, for a total transaction of £103,012.50.

Hill & Smith Stock Up 1.1%

Shares of Hill & Smith stock traded up GBX 30 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching GBX 2,770. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 6,493,030 shares, compared to its average volume of 607,854. Hill & Smith PLC has a one year low of GBX 1,634 and a one year high of GBX 2,810. The company has a market capitalization of £2.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.26 and a beta of 1.29. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 2,454.88 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 2,314.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 25.52, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 1.85.

Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 132.20 EPS for the quarter. Hill & Smith had a net margin of 9.50% and a return on equity of 17.34%. On average, research analysts forecast that Hill & Smith PLC will post 129.1287386 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 2,750 price objective on shares of Hill & Smith in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Hill & Smith to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from GBX 2,760 to GBX 3,250 in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price objective on shares of Hill & Smith from GBX 2,625 to GBX 2,930 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. Finally, Shore Capital Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Hill & Smith in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 2,976.67.

About Hill & Smith

Our purpose is to create sustainable infrastructure and safe transport through innovation.

Hill & Smith PLC is an international group with leading positions in the supply of infrastructure products and galvanizing services to global markets. Through a focus on leading positions in niche markets we aim to consistently deliver strong returns and shareholder value.

Supplying to, and located in, global markets the Group serves customers from facilities in Australia, India, Sweden, the UK and the USA, building a presence in international markets, where countries are upgrading or improving their infrastructure as their economies grow.