Toby Courtauld Buys 45 Shares of Great Portland Estates (LON:GPE) Stock

Great Portland Estates Plc (LON:GPE) insider Toby Courtauld bought 45 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 28th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 340 per share, for a total transaction of £153.

Toby Courtauld also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, July 31st, Toby Courtauld bought 42 shares of Great Portland Estates stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 354 per share, with a total value of £148.68.
• On Tuesday, June 30th, Toby Courtauld purchased 45 shares of Great Portland Estates stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 334 per share, for a total transaction of £150.30.

Great Portland Estates Stock Performance

Great Portland Estates stock traded down GBX 7 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching GBX 330.60. 4,348,990 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,097,280. Great Portland Estates Plc has a one year low of GBX 270 and a one year high of GBX 377. The company has a quick ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 0.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 41.28. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 342.71 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 323.25. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.33 billion, a PE ratio of 8.68, a P/E/G ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 0.91.

Great Portland Estates (LON:GPE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June 25th. The company reported GBX 3.90 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of GBX 5,460 million for the quarter. Great Portland Estates had a return on equity of 7.41% and a net margin of 131.04%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Great Portland Estates Plc will post 6.1719457 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently weighed in on GPE. Shore Capital Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Great Portland Estates in a research report on Friday, May 8th. UBS Group restated a “sell” rating and issued a GBX 315 target price on shares of Great Portland Estates in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 334 price target on shares of Great Portland Estates in a report on Thursday, July 2nd. Finally, Berenberg Bank dropped their price target on shares of Great Portland Estates from GBX 377 to GBX 360 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, June 22nd. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 388.22.

Great Portland Estates Company Profile

GPE is a FTSE 250 real estate investor and developer. GPE aims to deliver superior returns by unlocking the often hidden potential in commercial real estate in central London, creating high quality sustainable spaces for its customers and long-term value for its stakeholders.