Mitie Group (LON:MTO) Insider Buys £3,679.84 in Stock

Posted by Geri Gentry on Oct 4th, 2026

Mitie Group plc (LON:MTO – Get Free Report) insider Salma Shah acquired 1,744 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 1st. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 211 per share, for a total transaction of £3,679.84.

Mitie Group Price Performance

Shares of LON:MTO opened at GBX 210 on Friday. Mitie Group plc has a one year low of GBX 134.80 and a one year high of GBX 214. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 107.60, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a current ratio of 0.89. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 208.83 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 182.97. The stock has a market capitalization of £2.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.43, a PEG ratio of 10.10 and a beta of 0.89.

Key Headlines Impacting Mitie Group

Here are the key news stories impacting Mitie Group this week:

Positive Sentiment: Directors Mary Reilly and Salma Shah bought 1,135 and 1,744 shares, respectively, at approximately GBX 211 per share. Although the combined purchases were modest, insider buying can signal confidence in Mitie’s outlook. Mitie Directors Increase Holdings with Small Share Purchases
Positive Sentiment: Mitie shares recently moved above their 200-day moving average. This technical breakout may attract momentum-focused investors and reinforces the stock’s longer-term uptrend. Mitie Group Shares Break Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average
Neutral Sentiment: Mitie updated shareholders on its issued share capital and voting rights as of September 30. The filing is routine and does not appear to materially change the investment case. Mitie Updates Issued Share Capital and Voting Rights
Neutral Sentiment: Senior executives disclosed the exercise of 2021 long-term incentive plan options. These transactions are generally compensation-related and are not necessarily evidence of open-market conviction. Mitie LTIP Share Options
Negative Sentiment: Director Simon Kirkpatrick sold 369,123 shares for approximately £775,000. The transaction was far larger than the purchases by Reilly and Shah and could weigh on sentiment, although it does not prove that he has a negative view of Mitie’s business prospects.
Negative Sentiment: Valuation and analyst targets may temper upside: Mitie trades at a relatively high reported P/E, while the consensus price target is GBX 201.25, below recent trading levels. Berenberg has also downgraded the shares to “hold,” despite the broader analyst consensus remaining “Moderate Buy.”

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

MTO has been the topic of several recent research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 195 price objective on shares of Mitie Group in a research report on Monday, June 8th. Berenberg Bank cut shares of Mitie Group to a “hold” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from GBX 230 to GBX 219 in a research note on Wednesday, September 2nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Mitie Group presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 201.25.

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Mitie Group Company Profile

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Mitie Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides facilities management and professional services in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Business Services, Technical Services, Central Government & Defense (CG&D), Communities. The company provides decarbonization, electrical grid connections, emission intelligence, energy and carbon, EV fleets, and heat solutions, as well as solar energy; cleaning and hygiene, engineering maintenance, integrated facilities management, landscape, and waste management services; project and workplace services; and Fire & security systems, front of house, intelligence, vetting, and security guarding service.