Breedon Group plc (LON:BREE - Get Free Report) insider James Brotherton sold 43,648 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, April 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 430 ($5.69), for a total value of £187,686.40 ($248,393.86).
Breedon Group Price Performance
BREE stock opened at GBX 451 ($5.97) on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 44.86, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a current ratio of 1.44. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.15, a PEG ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.29. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 451.23 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 443.38. Breedon Group plc has a 52-week low of GBX 356 ($4.71) and a 52-week high of GBX 501 ($6.63).
Breedon Group (LON:BREE - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 5th. The company reported GBX 14.50 ($0.19) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Breedon Group had a return on equity of 8.58% and a net margin of 6.34%. Equities research analysts forecast that Breedon Group plc will post 36.8586859 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Breedon Group Increases Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 16th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 3rd will be given a dividend of GBX 10 ($0.13) per share. This represents a yield of 2.09%. This is an increase from Breedon Group's previous dividend of $4.50. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 3rd. Breedon Group's dividend payout ratio is 50.13%.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several research analysts recently commented on BREE shares. Berenberg Bank lifted their target price on shares of Breedon Group from GBX 540 ($7.15) to GBX 590 ($7.81) and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 6th. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price objective on Breedon Group from GBX 650 ($8.60) to GBX 625 ($8.27) and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday.
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About Breedon Group
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Breedon Group plc, a leading vertically-integrated construction materials group in Great Britain, Ireland and the USA, delivers essential products to the construction sector. Breedon holds 1.5bn tonnes of mineral reserves and resources with long reserve life, supplying value-added products and services, including specialty materials, surfacing and highway maintenance operations, to a broad range of customers through its extensive local network of quarries, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt plants.
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