Jamie Warner Sells 32,481 Shares of Auto Trader Group (LON:AUTO) Stock

Auto Trader Group plc (LON:AUTO) insider Jamie Warner sold 32,481 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, July 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 497, for a total value of £161,430.57.

Jamie Warner also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, May 21st, Jamie Warner bought 4,377 shares of Auto Trader Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 457 per share, with a total value of £20,002.89.

Auto Trader Group Price Performance

Auto Trader Group stock opened at GBX 490 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of £3.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.99 and a beta of 0.69. Auto Trader Group plc has a one year low of GBX 418.60 and a one year high of GBX 844.40. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 480.51 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 496.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 50.60, a quick ratio of 1.50 and a current ratio of 1.73.

Auto Trader Group (LON:AUTO) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 34.17 earnings per share for the quarter. Auto Trader Group had a net margin of 47.08% and a return on equity of 60.53%. The business had revenue of £624.30 million for the quarter. As a group, analysts predict that Auto Trader Group plc will post 32.7973074 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Auto Trader Group from GBX 515 to GBX 445 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. UBS Group reaffirmed a “sell” rating and set a GBX 470 price objective on shares of Auto Trader Group in a report on Monday, May 18th. Berenberg Bank reduced their price objective on Auto Trader Group from GBX 580 to GBX 510 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Citigroup decreased their target price on Auto Trader Group from GBX 880 to GBX 526 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 9th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their target price on Auto Trader Group from GBX 850 to GBX 816 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, March 27th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Auto Trader Group presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of GBX 550.33.

Auto Trader Group Company Profile

Autotrader Group plc is the UK’s largest automotive marketplace and a leading digital platform for the automotive industry. Listed on the London Stock Exchange since March 2015, the company is a member of the FTSE 100 Index.

Autotrader’s purpose is Driving Change Together. Responsibly. The company uses advanced data science, artificial intelligence and scalable technology to improve how vehicles are bought and sold, while building stronger partnerships with its customers and the wider automotive ecosystem.