Victoria (LON:VCP) Insider Geoff Wilding Purchases 100,000 Shares

Victoria PLC (LON:VCP) insider Geoff Wilding acquired 100,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 31st. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 69 per share, for a total transaction of £69,000.

Geoff Wilding also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, July 24th, Geoff Wilding purchased 150,000 shares of Victoria stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 67 per share, with a total value of £100,500.

Victoria Stock Up 6.0%

Shares of LON VCP opened at GBX 68.90 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of -174.85, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 0.79. Victoria PLC has a 1 year low of GBX 19.48 and a 1 year high of GBX 111. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 54.37 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 38.96. The firm has a market cap of £79.48 million, a PE ratio of 0.02 and a beta of 0.43.

Victoria (LON:VCP) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July 24th. The company reported GBX (51.98) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Victoria had a negative net margin of 31.11% and a positive return on equity of 61.64%. On average, research analysts forecast that Victoria PLC will post 15.8739255 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Berenberg Bank lifted their price objective on Victoria from GBX 60 to GBX 100 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of GBX 100.

About Victoria

Established in 1895 and listed since 1963 and on AIM since 2013 (VCP.L), Victoria PLC, is an international manufacturer and distributor of innovative flooring products. The Company, which is headquartered in Worcester, UK, designs, manufactures and distributes a range of carpet, flooring underlay, ceramic tiles, LVT (luxury vinyl tile), artificial grass and flooring accessories.

Victoria has operations in the UK, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, the USA, and Australia and employs approximately 6,750 people across 30 sites.