GSK (LON:GSK) Earns “Sector perform” Rating from Royal Bank Of Canada

GSK (LON:GSKGet Free Report)‘s stock had its “sector perform” rating reaffirmed by Royal Bank Of Canada in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 1,975 target price on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada’s target price would indicate a potential upside of 9.57% from the company’s current price.

Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on GSK. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 2,000 price objective on shares of GSK in a research report on Wednesday, September 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 2,500 price target on shares of GSK in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 2,039.38.

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GSK Stock Up 0.3%

LON:GSK opened at GBX 1,802.50 on Tuesday. GSK has a 1 year low of GBX 1,455 and a 1 year high of GBX 2,282. The company has a current ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 103.36. The stock has a market cap of £72.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.30, a PEG ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 0.29. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 1,913.92 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 1,975.65.

GSK (LON:GSKGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 28th. The company reported GBX 10.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. GSK had a return on equity of 28.35% and a net margin of 14.52%. As a group, equities analysts expect that GSK will post 175.980975 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Jeannie Lee purchased 802 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 22nd. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 5,069 per share, for a total transaction of £40,653.38. Also, insider Jonathan Symonds purchased 1,550 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 19th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 1,935 per share, with a total value of £29,992.50. Over the last three months, insiders have bought 3,618 shares of company stock valued at $13,481,942. 0.20% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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GSK plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, and manufacture of vaccines, and specialty and general medicines to prevent and treat disease in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Commercial Operations and Total R&D. The company offers shingles, meningitis, respiratory syncytial virus, flu, polio, influenza, and pandemic vaccines. It also provides medicines for HIV, oncology, respiratory/immunology, and other specialty medicine products, as well as inhaled medicines for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and antibiotics for infections.

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