Crest Nicholson Holdings plc (LON:CRST) Given Average Recommendation of “Hold” by Brokerages

Crest Nicholson Holdings plc (LON:CRST) has received a consensus rating of “Hold” from the seven ratings firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1-year price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 121.

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on CRST shares. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 112 target price on shares of Crest Nicholson in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th. Berenberg Bank decreased their target price on Crest Nicholson from GBX 160 to GBX 86 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a GBX 125 target price on shares of Crest Nicholson in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered Crest Nicholson to a “hold” rating and decreased their target price for the company from GBX 228 to GBX 79 in a research report on Wednesday, April 22nd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lowered Crest Nicholson to an “outperform” rating and decreased their target price for the company from GBX 155 to GBX 95 in a research report on Wednesday, April 22nd.

Crest Nicholson Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of Crest Nicholson stock opened at GBX 67.80 on Tuesday. Crest Nicholson has a 1 year low of GBX 59.60 and a 1 year high of GBX 197.60. The firm has a market cap of £174.07 million, a PE ratio of 75.33, a P/E/G ratio of 0.51 and a beta of 1.34. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 81.05 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 118.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 24.15, a current ratio of 2.63 and a quick ratio of 0.72.

Insider Buying and Selling at Crest Nicholson

In other news, insider Gillian Kent purchased 9,538 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 23rd. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 104 per share, for a total transaction of £9,919.52. In the last ninety days, insiders acquired 10,018 shares of company stock worth $1,036,856. 4.51% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Crest Nicholson Company Profile

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.