Insider Buying: AVI Global Trust (LON:AGT) Insider Acquires £19,680 in Stock

AVI Global Trust plc (LON:AGT) insider June Jessop purchased 8,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 12th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 246 per share, with a total value of £19,680.

AVI Global Trust Stock Performance

Shares of LON:AGT traded down GBX 3 during midday trading on Friday, reaching GBX 244.50. 9,863,766 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,021,858. AVI Global Trust plc has a one year low of GBX 235.07 and a one year high of GBX 272.50. The company has a market cap of £948.05 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.83 and a beta of 0.95. The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 252.76 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 256.59.

AVI Global Trust (LON:AGT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 10th. The company reported GBX 4.62 EPS for the quarter. AVI Global Trust had a return on equity of 0.38% and a net margin of 24.35%. The company had revenue of GBX 2,583 million during the quarter.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of AVI Global Trust in a report on Thursday, October 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy”.

About AVI Global Trust

Established in 1889, the Company’s investment objective is to achieve capital growth through a focused portfolio of investments, particularly in companies whose shares stand at a discount to estimated underlying net asset value. Unique A concentrated portfolio combination of family-controlled holding companies, closed-end funds and asset-backed opportunities, unlikely to be found in other funds or indices. Diversified A concentrated portfolio of high conviction ideas, yet with broad diversification to sectors and companies through the holding structures of the portfolio companies.