Gillian Kent Purchases 9,538 Shares of Crest Nicholson (LON:CRST) Stock

Crest Nicholson Holdings plc (LON:CRST) insider Gillian Kent acquired 9,538 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 23rd. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 104 per share, for a total transaction of £9,919.52.

Crest Nicholson Stock Performance

Shares of CRST stock opened at GBX 110 on Thursday. Crest Nicholson Holdings plc has a 12 month low of GBX 96.95 and a 12 month high of GBX 198.50. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 140.76 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 147.46. The firm has a market cap of £282.31 million, a PE ratio of 122.22, a P/E/G ratio of 0.51 and a beta of 1.42. The company has a quick ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 2.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 24.15.

Crest Nicholson (LON:CRST) last released its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The company reported GBX 7.80 earnings per share for the quarter. Crest Nicholson had a net margin of 0.36% and a return on equity of 0.30%. Equities research analysts expect that Crest Nicholson Holdings plc will post 9.0980939 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on Crest Nicholson from GBX 190 to GBX 160 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 230 price target on shares of Crest Nicholson in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on Crest Nicholson from GBX 205 to GBX 215 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 195.

About Crest Nicholson

Crest Nicholson Holdings plc engages in building residential homes in the United Kingdom. It develops and sells apartments, houses, and commercial properties. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Addlestone, the United Kingdom.