Vistry Group (LON:VTY) Insider Buys £150 in Stock

Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTY) insider Tim Lawlor bought 24 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 17th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 625 per share, with a total value of £150.

Tim Lawlor also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, October 16th, Tim Lawlor purchased 24 shares of Vistry Group stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 640 per share, for a total transaction of £153.60.
• On Tuesday, September 16th, Tim Lawlor acquired 24 shares of Vistry Group stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 610 per share, with a total value of £146.40.

Vistry Group Stock Down 2.2%

Vistry Group stock opened at GBX 597.40 on Thursday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 638.94 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 626.65. Vistry Group PLC has a twelve month low of GBX 486.70 and a twelve month high of GBX 722.40. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 53.34, a PEG ratio of -0.20 and a beta of 2.14. The company has a current ratio of 2.64, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 22.15.

Vistry Group (LON:VTY) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September 10th. The company reported GBX 17.60 EPS for the quarter. Vistry Group had a return on equity of 7.69% and a net margin of 6.90%. As a group, research analysts expect that Vistry Group PLC will post 108.4606345 earnings per share for the current year.

Vistry Group declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Monday, August 11th that permits the company to buyback 0 outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on VTY shares. Citigroup reduced their price objective on shares of Vistry Group from GBX 602 to GBX 601 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, September 11th. UBS Group reissued a “sell” rating and issued a GBX 450 price target on shares of Vistry Group in a report on Friday, September 5th. Berenberg Bank restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 650 price target on shares of Vistry Group in a research note on Monday, September 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on Vistry Group from GBX 475 to GBX 500 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reduced their target price on Vistry Group from GBX 628 to GBX 608 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 10th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of GBX 597.57.

Vistry Group Company Profile

Vistry Group is one of the UK’s leading homebuilders with a top tier housebuilder and leading Partnerships business. Our purpose is to develop sustainable new homes and communities across all sectors of the housing market through our leading brands, Bovis Homes, Linden Homes, Vistry Partnerships and Drew Smith.

Our housebuilding division operates across 13 business units, each with a regional office, which are developing hundreds of sites across England.