Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) Insider Acquires £136.76 in Stock

Mitchells & Butlers plc (LON:MAB) insider Phil Urban purchased 52 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, January 30th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 263 per share, with a total value of £136.76.

Phil Urban also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, January 2nd, Phil Urban acquired 53 shares of Mitchells & Butlers stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 261 per share, for a total transaction of £138.33.
• On Friday, December 12th, Phil Urban sold 57,217 shares of Mitchells & Butlers stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 256, for a total transaction of £146,475.52.
• On Thursday, December 11th, Phil Urban sold 194,357 shares of Mitchells & Butlers stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 260, for a total transaction of £505,328.20.
• On Friday, December 5th, Phil Urban purchased 52 shares of Mitchells & Butlers stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 264 per share, for a total transaction of £137.28.
• On Friday, November 7th, Phil Urban bought 57 shares of Mitchells & Butlers stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 243 per share, for a total transaction of £138.51.

Mitchells & Butlers Price Performance

Shares of Mitchells & Butlers stock opened at GBX 271 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 266.25 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 260.33. Mitchells & Butlers plc has a twelve month low of GBX 194.40 and a twelve month high of GBX 308. The company has a current ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 63.56. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.19, a PEG ratio of 2.76 and a beta of 1.71.

Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, November 28th. The company reported GBX 30.90 EPS for the quarter. Mitchells & Butlers had a return on equity of 1.89% and a net margin of 1.72%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Mitchells & Butlers plc will post 26.6341463 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Panmure Gordon reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 390 price objective on shares of Mitchells & Butlers in a research note on Tuesday, December 2nd. Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Mitchells & Butlers in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 340 price objective on shares of Mitchells & Butlers in a research report on Tuesday, December 2nd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 351.25.

Mitchells & Butlers Company Profile

Mitchells & Butlers is a leading operator of managed restaurants and pubs in the UK. It listed on the London Stock Exchange in April 2003 and is a member of the FTSE 250. Its restaurants and pubs have some of the highest average sales and profits per site in the industry and it operates the best portfolio of brands in the UK.