Hercules Site Services (LON:HERC) Stock Price Up 6.1% on Insider Buying Activity

Hercules Site Services Plc (LON:HERC) shot up 6.1% on Monday following insider buying activity. The company traded as high as GBX 32.88 and last traded at GBX 32.88. Approximately 82,319 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 39% from the average session volume of 134,996 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 31.

Specifically, insider Martin Tedham bought 110,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 17th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 31 per share, for a total transaction of £34,100.

Hercules Site Services Trading Down 0.6%

The firm has a market cap of £25.64 million, a PE ratio of -13.43 and a beta of 0.90. The business has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 29.47 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 39.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 150.00, a current ratio of 1.15 and a quick ratio of 1.43.

Hercules Site Services (LON:HERC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 22nd. The company reported GBX 0.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of £121.25 million during the quarter. Hercules Site Services had a negative return on equity of 5.56% and a negative net margin of 0.53%. Analysts forecast that Hercules Site Services Plc will post 1.2407862 EPS for the current year.

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