Intertek Group plc (LON:ITRK - Get Free Report) insider Andre Lacroix sold 39,498 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 4,994 ($64.69), for a total transaction of £1,972,530.12 ($2,555,090.83).
Intertek Group Stock Down 2.3 %
Shares of LON ITRK opened at GBX 4,880 ($63.21) on Friday. Intertek Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 4,394 ($56.92) and a 1 year high of GBX 5,575 ($72.22). The company has a market capitalization of £7.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.43, a P/E/G ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 0.63. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 5,063.12 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 4,906.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 103.83, a current ratio of 1.27 and a quick ratio of 1.19.
Intertek Group (LON:ITRK - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, March 4th. The company reported GBX 242.60 ($3.14) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Intertek Group had a return on equity of 23.46% and a net margin of 9.19%. On average, equities research analysts predict that Intertek Group plc will post 263.7305699 earnings per share for the current year.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of research firms have commented on ITRK. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Intertek Group from GBX 5,400 ($69.95) to GBX 5,500 ($71.24) and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Shore Capital reaffirmed a "sell" rating on shares of Intertek Group in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Berenberg Bank boosted their price objective on Intertek Group from GBX 5,800 ($75.13) to GBX 6,000 ($77.72) and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 5,675 ($73.51).
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Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide.
Our network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices in more than 100 countries, delivers innovative and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification solutions for our customers' operations and supply chains.
Intertek is a purpose-led company to Bring Quality, Safety and Sustainability to Life.
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