Lynda Shillaw Acquires 21,764 Shares of Harworth Group (LON:HWG) Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Lynda Shillaw acquired 21,764 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 155 per share, with a total value of £33,734.20.

Lynda Shillaw also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, March 10th, Lynda Shillaw bought 90 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 167 per share, for a total transaction of £150.30.
• On Monday, February 16th, Lynda Shillaw bought 93 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 161 per share, for a total transaction of £149.73.
• On Thursday, January 15th, Lynda Shillaw bought 89 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 168 per share, for a total transaction of £149.52.

Harworth Group Trading Down 0.6%

Harworth Group stock opened at GBX 153 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 24.93, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a current ratio of 457.81. The stock has a market cap of £496.06 million, a PE ratio of 9.75 and a beta of 0.74. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 165.63 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 165.50. Harworth Group plc has a one year low of GBX 146.66 and a one year high of GBX 190.50.

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 17th. The company reported GBX 2.90 earnings per share for the quarter. Harworth Group had a return on equity of 1.36% and a net margin of 7.25%. On average, research analysts anticipate that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have issued reports on HWG. Panmure Gordon restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 215 price target on shares of Harworth Group in a research note on Monday, January 19th. Berenberg Bank lifted their price objective on shares of Harworth Group from GBX 201 to GBX 202 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of GBX 209.75.

About Harworth Group

Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments. Visit www.harworthgroup.com for further information.