Shore Capital Group Reiterates House Stock Rating for Cranswick (LON:CWK)

Posted by Stanley Muller on Aug 14th, 2026

Cranswick (LON:CWK – Get Free Report)‘s stock had its “house stock” rating restated by equities research analysts at Shore Capital Group in a research note issued on Friday,London Stock Exchange reports.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on CWK. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 6,300 target price on shares of Cranswick in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 6,200 price objective on shares of Cranswick in a report on Monday, July 27th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised shares of Cranswick to an “outperform” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from GBX 5,500 to GBX 6,100 in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Finally, Berenberg Bank reiterated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 5,770 target price on shares of Cranswick in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 5,974.

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Cranswick Stock Performance

Shares of LON:CWK opened at GBX 5,240 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 5,472.40 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 5,369.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 23.26, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.76. Cranswick has a one year low of GBX 4,805 and a one year high of GBX 5,810. The firm has a market cap of £2.80 billion, a PE ratio of 18.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 0.56.

Cranswick (LON:CWK – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The company reported GBX 301.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of GBX 298.25 billion during the quarter. Cranswick had a return on equity of 14.99% and a net margin of 5.31%. As a group, equities analysts predict that Cranswick will post 258.5590189 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Cranswick

In other Cranswick news, insider Jim Brisby sold 16,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 5,533, for a total transaction of £912,945. Also, insider Christopher Aldersley sold 9,000 shares of Cranswick stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 5,470, for a total value of £492,300. In the last 90 days, insiders have purchased 366 shares of company stock valued at $2,028,799 and have sold 25,861 shares valued at $142,526,245. Insiders own 2.55% of the company’s stock.

Cranswick Company Profile

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Cranswick is a leading and innovative supplier of premium, fresh and added-value food products with revenues of c. £3.0 billion. The business employs over 16,000 people and operates from 23 well-invested, highly efficient facilities in the UK. Cranswick was formed in the early 1970s by farmers in East Yorkshire to produce animal feed and has since evolved into a business which produces a range of high-quality, predominantly fresh food, including fresh pork, poultry, convenience, gourmet products and pet food.