Kier Group plc (LON:KIE - Get Free Report) insider Matthew Lester bought 16,310 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 11th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 123 ($1.59) per share, for a total transaction of £20,061.30 ($25,972.68).
Kier Group Stock Down 11.7 %
Shares of Kier Group stock opened at GBX 123.60 ($1.60) on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.69, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 302.83. The firm has a market cap of £532.05 million, a P/E ratio of 12.44, a P/E/G ratio of 0.29 and a beta of 1.14. Kier Group plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 118.80 ($1.54) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 163.27 ($2.11). The business has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 145.90 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 145.93.
Kier Group (LON:KIE - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 8.70 ($0.11) earnings per share for the quarter. Kier Group had a return on equity of 8.23% and a net margin of 1.09%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Kier Group plc will post 20.4913295 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Separately, Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a GBX 210 ($2.72) target price on shares of Kier Group in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd.
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Kier Group Company Profile
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Kier Group is a leading infrastructure services, construction and property group based in the UK.
Our purpose is to sustainably deliver infrastructure which is vital to the UK with a vision is to be the UK's leading infrastructure services and construction company.
We operate through three segments; Infrastructure Services, Construction and Property.
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