Insider Buying: Vanquis Banking Group plc (LON:VANQ) Insider Purchases £150.22 in Stock

Vanquis Banking Group plc (LON:VANQ) insider Dave Watts acquired 259 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, April 14th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 58 ($0.77) per share, with a total value of £150.22 ($199.31).

Dave Watts also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, March 14th, Dave Watts bought 303 shares of Vanquis Banking Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 50 ($0.66) per share, for a total transaction of £151.50 ($201.01).
• On Friday, February 14th, Dave Watts purchased 244 shares of Vanquis Banking Group stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 62 ($0.82) per share, with a total value of £151.28 ($200.72).

Vanquis Banking Group Stock Down 1.0 %

LON VANQ opened at GBX 61 ($0.81) on Friday. Vanquis Banking Group plc has a 52 week low of GBX 37.40 ($0.50) and a 52 week high of GBX 67.60 ($0.90). The firm has a market capitalization of £154.68 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.95 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 57.03 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 51.70.

Vanquis Banking Group (LON:VANQ) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 14th. The company reported GBX (9.70) (($0.13)) EPS for the quarter. Vanquis Banking Group had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 5.64%. Equities research analysts anticipate that Vanquis Banking Group plc will post 4.1557331 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed a “house stock” rating on shares of Vanquis Banking Group in a research note on Friday, March 14th.

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