Insider Buying: Marshalls (LON:MSLH) Insider Purchases £4,941.56 in Stock

Marshalls plc (LON:MSLH) insider Paul Inman bought 2,873 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 11th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 172 per share, with a total value of £4,941.56.

Paul Inman also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, May 13th, Paul Inman purchased 3,940 shares of Marshalls stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 125 per share, with a total value of £4,925.

Marshalls Stock Performance

LON:MSLH opened at GBX 171.70 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of £434.21 million, a P/E ratio of 30.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.17 and a beta of 1.27. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 150.61 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 149.84. Marshalls plc has a twelve month low of GBX 124 and a twelve month high of GBX 198.60. The company has a quick ratio of 1.34, a current ratio of 1.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 27.09.

Marshalls (LON:MSLH) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 10th. The company reported GBX 7.30 EPS for the quarter. Marshalls had a net margin of 3.18% and a return on equity of 3.79%. As a group, research analysts predict that Marshalls plc will post 18.2342758 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently issued reports on MSLH. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 360 price target on shares of Marshalls in a research note on Tuesday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 248 price objective on shares of Marshalls in a research report on Tuesday. Peel Hunt reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 250 target price on shares of Marshalls in a research report on Monday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their target price on Marshalls from GBX 170 to GBX 165 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 255.75.

About Marshalls

Established in the late 1880s, Marshalls plc is a leading UK manufacturer of sustainable solutions for the built environment. It operates through three trading divisions: Landscape Products; Roofing Products; and Building Products. At a Group, divisional and brand level, Marshalls’ strategy centres around its customers who value its unique set of capabilities, namely leading brands, best in class technical and design support and carbon leadership. This is underpinned by business wide enterprise excellence, leadership in ESG governance and standards and its people, organisation, and culture.