Insider Buying: Avon Protection (LON:AVON) Insider Acquires £149.44 in Stock

Avon Protection plc (LON:AVON) insider Jos Sclater bought 8 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 5th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 1,868 per share, with a total value of £149.44.

Jos Sclater also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, September 7th, Jos Sclater purchased 8 shares of Avon Protection stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 1,836 per share, for a total transaction of £146.88.
• On Wednesday, August 5th, Jos Sclater bought 5 shares of Avon Protection stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 1,837 per share, for a total transaction of GBX 9,185.

Avon Protection Price Performance

Shares of AVON opened at GBX 2,330 on Friday. Avon Protection plc has a twelve month low of GBX 1,458 and a twelve month high of GBX 2,330. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 1,853.81 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 1,760.80. The firm has a market capitalization of £686.23 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.16, a PEG ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 0.24. The company has a current ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 48.31.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on AVON. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 2,390 price target on shares of Avon Protection in a research report on Wednesday, September 2nd. Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 2,250 price objective on shares of Avon Protection in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 2,213.33.

About Avon Protection