Lion Finance Group (LON:BGEO) Sets New 1-Year High – Should You Buy?

Shares of Lion Finance Group PLC (LON:BGEO) reached a new 52-week high on Monday . The stock traded as high as 10,250.00 and last traded at 10,230.00, with a volume of 6978586 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at 10,090.00.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Lion Finance Group from GBX 9,200 to £107 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Lion Finance Group has a consensus rating of “Buy”.

Lion Finance Group Stock Up 1.9%

The business has a fifty day moving average of 9,294.49 and a 200 day moving average of 8,224.55. The company has a market cap of $446.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 2.17, a P/E/G ratio of 0.88 and a beta of 1.05.

Lion Finance Group (LON:BGEO) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, December 16th. The company reported 633.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Lion Finance Group had a net margin of 73.73% and a return on equity of 38.89%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Lion Finance Group PLC will post 1221.6828479 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Andrew McIntyre bought 553 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 2nd. The shares were bought at an average cost of 9,033.00 per share, for a total transaction of 4,995,249.00. Also, insider Archil Gachechiladze sold 80,000 shares of Lion Finance Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of 9,209.00, for a total value of 736,720,000.00. Insiders own 8.71% of the company’s stock.

Lion Finance Group Company Profile

Lion Finance Group PLC (formerly Bank of Georgia Group PLC) is a FTSE 250 holding company whose main subsidiaries provide banking and financial services in the high-growth Georgian and Armenian markets through leading, customer-centric, universal banks – Bank of Georgia in Georgia and Ameriabank in Armenia. By building on our competitive strengths, we are committed to driving business growth, sustaining high profitability, and generating strong returns, while creating opportunities for our stakeholders and making a positive contribution in the communities where we operate.