Insider Buying: Rathbones Group (LON:RAT) Insider Buys £149.58 in Stock

Rathbones Group Plc (LON:RATGet Free Report) insider Jonathan Sorrell  bought 9 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 4th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 1,662 per share, for a total transaction of £149.58.

Jonathan Sorrell  also recently made the following trade(s):

  • On Monday, July 6th, Jonathan Sorrell  acquired 9 shares of Rathbones Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 1,664 per share, for a total transaction of £149.76.
  • On Tuesday, June 16th, Jonathan Sorrell  bought 15,320 shares of Rathbones Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 1,630 per share, with a total value of £249,716.

Rathbones Group Trading Down 1.7%

Shares of LON:RAT opened at GBX 1,640 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.07, a quick ratio of 0.14 and a current ratio of 111.06. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.60, a PEG ratio of -26.52 and a beta of 0.72. Rathbones Group Plc has a 1-year low of GBX 1,580 and a 1-year high of GBX 2,500. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 1,678.94 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 1,869.34.

Rathbones Group (LON:RATGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported GBX 88.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Rathbones Group had a return on equity of 8.95% and a net margin of 11.20%. On average, research analysts anticipate that Rathbones Group Plc will post 174.9287749 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Rathbones Group declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, June 17th that allows the company to buyback 0 outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Analyst Ratings Changes

RAT has been the topic of a number of research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on shares of Rathbones Group from GBX 2,400 to GBX 1,950 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued an “underperform” rating and set a GBX 1,360 target price on shares of Rathbones Group in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Rathbones Group currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 1,836.67.

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About Rathbones Group

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With roots dating back to 1742, Rathbones is one of the UK’s leading providers of investment and wealth management services for private clients (individuals and families), charities, trustees and professional partners. Rathbones’ purpose is to help more people invest their money well, so they can live well.

Rathbones has been trusted for generations to manage, preserve and grow clients’ wealth and services include discretionary investment management, fund management, tax planning, trust and company management, financial advice and banking services.

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