John Roberts Sells 1,000,000 Shares of AO World (LON:AO) Stock

AO World plc (LON:AO) insider John Roberts sold 1,000,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 107, for a total value of £1,070,000.

John Roberts also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, January 15th, John Roberts sold 2,500,000 shares of AO World stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 105, for a total transaction of £2,625,000.

AO World Stock Down 1.4%

Shares of LON:AO opened at GBX 109 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is GBX 108.60 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 100.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.05, a quick ratio of 0.48 and a current ratio of 0.95. AO World plc has a 1-year low of GBX 77.15 and a 1-year high of GBX 120.40. The stock has a market capitalization of £633.87 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -2.13 and a beta of 1.06.

AO World (LON:AO) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 25th. The company reported GBX 2.22 EPS for the quarter. AO World had a net margin of 2.48% and a return on equity of 18.96%. Equities analysts anticipate that AO World plc will post 4.8263419 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Peel Hunt reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 137 price target on shares of AO World in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 121.

AO World Company Profile

AO World plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the online retailing of domestic appliances the United Kingdom and Germany. It retails fridge and freezers; laundry products; dishwashers; and audiovisual equipment, as well as computing, mobile, gaming, and smart home technology products. The company provides logistics and transport services. In addition, it engages in the investment activities; and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling activities. The company sells its products through its websites, marketplaces, and third-party websites.