Insider Buying: Avon Protection (LON:AVON) Insider Acquires £165.33 in Stock

Avon Protection plc (LON:AVON) insider Rich Cashin acquired 9 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 1,837 per share, with a total value of £165.33.

Rich Cashin also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, July 7th, Rich Cashin bought 8 shares of Avon Protection stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 1,788 per share, for a total transaction of £143.04.
• On Friday, June 5th, Rich Cashin bought 9 shares of Avon Protection stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 1,687 per share, for a total transaction of £151.83.

Avon Protection Price Performance

AVON opened at GBX 1,896 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 48.31, a current ratio of 3.28 and a quick ratio of 0.85. The stock has a market capitalization of £558.41 million, a P/E ratio of 31.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 0.23. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 1,731.76 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 1,746.89. Avon Protection plc has a one year low of GBX 1,458 and a one year high of GBX 2,180.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AVON has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 2,390 target price on shares of Avon Protection in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Peel Hunt reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 2,250 price objective on shares of Avon Protection in a research report on Wednesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 2,213.33.

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