Lukas Paravicini Sells 30,561 Shares of Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) Stock

Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) insider Lukas Paravicini sold 30,561 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,219, for a total transaction of £983,758.59.

Lukas Paravicini also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, December 16th, Lukas Paravicini sold 17,121 shares of Imperial Brands stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,191, for a total value of £546,331.11.

Imperial Brands Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of IMB stock opened at GBX 3,245 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 3,127.75 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 3,121.28. The company has a market cap of £25.57 billion, a PE ratio of 13.02, a P/E/G ratio of 16.51 and a beta of 0.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 166.91, a quick ratio of 0.41 and a current ratio of 0.72. Imperial Brands PLC has a fifty-two week low of GBX 2,638 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 3,341.

Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 18th. The company reported GBX 315 earnings per share for the quarter. Imperial Brands had a return on equity of 41.84% and a net margin of 11.44%. Equities analysts predict that Imperial Brands PLC will post 246.5723613 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on IMB shares. Citigroup raised their price target on shares of Imperial Brands from GBX 3,425 to GBX 3,650 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 24th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price target on shares of Imperial Brands from GBX 3,600 to GBX 3,700 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 26th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on shares of Imperial Brands from GBX 2,400 to GBX 2,700 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Panmure Gordon reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 4,200 target price on shares of Imperial Brands in a research note on Wednesday, November 19th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 3,562.50.

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