Ashtead Group plc (LON:AHT - Get Free Report) insider Renata Ribeiro purchased 150 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 11th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 3,932 ($51.47) per share, with a total value of £5,898 ($7,719.90).
Ashtead Group Stock Down 1.3 %
Shares of LON AHT opened at GBX 3,819 ($49.99) on Friday. The company has a market cap of £20.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.59, a PEG ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a current ratio of 1.31, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 146.30. Ashtead Group plc has a 12 month low of GBX 3,477 ($45.51) and a 12 month high of GBX 6,448 ($84.40). The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 4,483.79 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 5,234.75.
Ashtead Group (LON:AHT - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 4th. The company reported GBX 77.20 ($1.01) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Ashtead Group had a net margin of 14.08% and a return on equity of 21.43%. As a group, analysts forecast that Ashtead Group plc will post 363.5658915 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Ashtead Group Cuts Dividend
The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 9th were issued a dividend of $0.36 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, January 9th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.45%. Ashtead Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 28.47%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several equities analysts have recently commented on AHT shares. Jefferies Financial Group restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 6,800 ($89.01) target price on shares of Ashtead Group in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Berenberg Bank restated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 7,000 ($91.62) price objective on shares of Ashtead Group in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Ashtead Group currently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of GBX 6,840 ($89.53).
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Ashtead Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the construction, industrial, and general equipment rental business in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. It provides pumps, power generation, heating, cooling, scaffolding, traffic management, temporary flooring, trench shoring, and lifting services.
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