Vistry Group (LON:VTY) Insider Purchases £153.60 in Stock

Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTY) insider Tim Lawlor bought 24 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 16th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 640 per share, for a total transaction of £153.60.

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

• On Tuesday, September 16th, Tim Lawlor purchased 24 shares of Vistry Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 610 per share, with a total value of £146.40.
• On Monday, August 18th, Tim Lawlor bought 23 shares of Vistry Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 643 per share, with a total value of £147.89.

Vistry Group Stock Down 1.8%

VTY stock opened at GBX 637 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of £2.05 billion, a PE ratio of 56.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.20 and a beta of 2.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 22.15, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a current ratio of 2.64. Vistry Group PLC has a one year low of GBX 486.70 and a one year high of GBX 1,003. The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 628.04 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 616.47.

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

Vistry Group announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Monday, August 11th that authorizes the company to repurchase 0 shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently weighed in on VTY. 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 report on Thursday, September 11th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 684 price objective on shares of Vistry Group in a report on Friday, July 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of Vistry Group in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on shares of Vistry Group from GBX 634 to GBX 628 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday, September 12th. Finally, UBS Group reaffirmed a “sell” rating and issued a GBX 450 price objective on shares of Vistry Group in a report on Friday, September 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of GBX 600.43.

About Vistry Group

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.