Insider Buying: Vanquis Banking Group (LON:VANQ) Insider Buys 135 Shares of Stock

Vanquis Banking Group plc (LON:VANQ) insider Dave Watts purchased 135 shares of Vanquis Banking Group stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 14th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 111 per share, for a total transaction of £149.85.

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

• On Monday, September 15th, Dave Watts acquired 139 shares of Vanquis Banking Group stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 108 per share, with a total value of £150.12.

Vanquis Banking Group Stock Performance

LON:VANQ traded up GBX 1.40 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting GBX 113.60. The company had a trading volume of 987,486 shares, compared to its average volume of 877,530. Vanquis Banking Group plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 38 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 130. The firm has a market cap of £291.37 million, a P/E ratio of -3.72 and a beta of 1.45. The business’s fifty day moving average is GBX 114.52 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 102.79.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have commented on VANQ. Singer Capital Markets reaffirmed a “house stock” rating on shares of Vanquis Banking Group in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price target on Vanquis Banking Group from GBX 120 to GBX 140 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Finally, Shore Capital restated a “house stock” rating on shares of Vanquis Banking Group in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 111.50.

Vanquis Banking Group Company Profile