Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) Receives GBX 3,433.33 Average PT from Analysts

Shares of Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) have received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven brokerages that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 3,433.33.

A number of brokerages have issued reports on IMB. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 3,500 target price on shares of Imperial Brands in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and issued a GBX 2,700 price objective on shares of Imperial Brands in a research note on Wednesday, May 13th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 3,150 price objective on shares of Imperial Brands in a report on Monday, May 11th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 3,500 target price on shares of Imperial Brands in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Citigroup dropped their target price on shares of Imperial Brands from GBX 3,650 to GBX 3,550 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 15th.

Imperial Brands Price Performance

LON IMB opened at GBX 2,816 on Monday. Imperial Brands has a fifty-two week low of GBX 2,626 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 3,341. The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 2,778.73 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 2,993.42. The firm has a market cap of £21.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 16.51 and a beta of 0.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 278.43, a current ratio of 0.70 and a quick ratio of 0.41.

Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 12th. The company reported GBX 127.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of GBX 1,471.90 billion during the quarter. Imperial Brands had a return on equity of 39.24% and a net margin of 8.96%. On average, analysts anticipate that Imperial Brands will post 246.5723613 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other Imperial Brands news, insider Alan Johnson acquired 645 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 10th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 3,097 per share, for a total transaction of £19,975.65. Corporate insiders own 0.47% of the company’s stock.

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