Murray McGowan Sells 15,955 Shares of Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) Stock

Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) insider Murray McGowan sold 15,955 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,230, for a total value of £515,346.50.

Murray McGowan also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, December 16th, Murray McGowan sold 7,431 shares of Imperial Brands stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,191, for a total value of £237,123.21.

Imperial Brands Stock Performance

Shares of IMB opened at GBX 3,245 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 0.72, a quick ratio of 0.41 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 166.91. The firm 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. Imperial Brands PLC has a 12 month low of GBX 2,638 and a 12 month high of GBX 3,341. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 3,127.75 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 3,121.28.

Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) last posted its quarterly earnings results 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 research analysts predict that Imperial Brands PLC will post 246.5723613 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have commented on IMB shares. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on Imperial Brands from GBX 3,600 to GBX 3,700 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target 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. Panmure Gordon reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 4,200 price objective on shares of Imperial Brands in a report on Wednesday, November 19th. Finally, Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Imperial Brands from GBX 3,425 to GBX 3,650 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 24th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 3,562.50.

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