Hercules Site Services (LON:HERC) Trading Up 6.1% on Insider Buying Activity

Hercules Site Services Plc (LON:HERC)’s stock price shot up 6.1% during trading on Monday following insider buying activity. The company traded as high as GBX 32.88 and last traded at GBX 32.88. Approximately 82,319 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 39% from the average session volume of 134,996 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 31.

Specifically, insider Martin Tedham purchased 110,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 17th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 31 per share, with a total value of £34,100.

Hercules Site Services Trading Up 6.1%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 150.00, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a current ratio of 1.15. The stock has a market capitalization of £26.50 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -13.87 and a beta of 0.90. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 29.56 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 39.75.

Hercules Site Services (LON:HERC) last posted its earnings results on Friday, May 22nd. The company reported GBX 0.75 earnings per share for the quarter. Hercules Site Services had a negative return on equity of 5.56% and a negative net margin of 0.53%.The company had revenue of £121.25 million during the quarter. As a group, research analysts expect that Hercules Site Services Plc will post 1.2407862 EPS for the current year.

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