Jamie Warner Sells 32,481 Shares of Auto Trader Group (LON:AUTO) Stock

Auto Trader Group plc (LON:AUTO) insider Jamie Warner sold 32,481 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 497, for a total value of £161,430.57.

Jamie Warner also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, May 21st, Jamie Warner purchased 4,377 shares of Auto Trader Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 457 per share, for a total transaction of £20,002.89.

Auto Trader Group Stock Performance

Shares of Auto Trader Group stock opened at GBX 504 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 50.60, a current ratio of 1.73 and a quick ratio of 1.50. The firm has a market cap of £3.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.99 and a beta of 0.69. The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 480.73 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 497.79. Auto Trader Group plc has a one year low of GBX 418.60 and a one year high of GBX 844.40.

Auto Trader Group (LON:AUTO) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 34.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Auto Trader Group had a return on equity of 60.53% and a net margin of 47.08%.The business had revenue of £624.30 million during the quarter. Equities analysts predict that Auto Trader Group plc will post 32.7973074 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on AUTO shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on shares of Auto Trader Group from GBX 515 to GBX 445 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. UBS Group reissued a “sell” rating and issued a GBX 470 price objective on shares of Auto Trader Group in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their target price on shares of Auto Trader Group from GBX 850 to GBX 816 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 27th. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their target price on shares of Auto Trader Group from GBX 830 to GBX 535 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. Finally, Citigroup lowered their price target on shares of Auto Trader Group from GBX 880 to GBX 526 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of GBX 550.33.

About Auto Trader Group

Autotrader Group plc is the UK’s largest automotive marketplace and a leading digital platform for the automotive industry. Listed on the London Stock Exchange since March 2015, the company is a member of the FTSE 100 Index.

Autotrader’s purpose is Driving Change Together. Responsibly. The company uses advanced data science, artificial intelligence and scalable technology to improve how vehicles are bought and sold, while building stronger partnerships with its customers and the wider automotive ecosystem.