Senior (LON:SNR) Stock Passes Above 200 Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Senior plc (LON:SNR)’s stock price crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 173.33 ($2.31) and traded as high as GBX 196.60 ($2.63). Senior shares last traded at GBX 193.60 ($2.59), with a volume of 651,317 shares trading hands.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on SNR shares. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 185 price objective on shares of Senior in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price objective on Senior from GBX 195 to GBX 220 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 4th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 202.50.

Senior Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of £800.34 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -10,408.60, a P/E/G ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 59.35. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 195.32 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 173.33.

Senior (LON:SNR) last released its earnings results on Monday, August 4th. The company reported GBX 5.07 earnings per share for the quarter. Senior had a return on equity of 6.67% and a net margin of 3.09%. As a group, research analysts predict that Senior plc will post 5.8304196 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Senior Company Profile

Senior is an international, market-leading, engineering solutions provider with 30 operating businesses in 13 countries*.

Senior designs, manufactures and markets high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment producers in the worldwide aerospace, defence, land vehicle and power & energy markets.

The Group aims to create long-term sustainable growth in shareholder value through a culture of empowerment of autonomous and collaborative operations working within an effective control framework.