Vesuvius (LON:VSVS) Earns “Buy” Rating from Peel Hunt

Vesuvius (LON:VSVS)‘s stock had its “buy” rating restated by equities researchers at Peel Hunt in a research note issued on Monday,Digital Look reports. They presently have a GBX 525 price objective on the stock. Peel Hunt’s price target points to a potential upside of 33.36% from the stock’s previous close.

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 520 target price on shares of Vesuvius in a research report on Monday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Vesuvius has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 473.75.

Vesuvius Trading Down 12.9%

Shares of Vesuvius stock traded down GBX 58.32 on Monday, reaching GBX 393.68. 4,759,599 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,510,810. The company has a market capitalization of £969.23 million, a P/E ratio of 18.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.15. Vesuvius has a 52 week low of GBX 346.60 and a 52 week high of GBX 507.50. The firm’s 50-day moving average is GBX 455.68 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 446.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 57.10, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 2.35.

Vesuvius Company Profile

We are a global leader in metal flow engineering, providing a full range of engineering services and solutions to its customers worldwide, principally serving the steel and foundry industries.