Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) Given Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Shares of Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the seven analysts that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 3,433.33.

A number of analysts have recently commented on IMB shares. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 3,500 price target on shares of Imperial Brands in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 3,500 price objective on shares of Imperial Brands in a research note on Wednesday, May 13th. Citigroup decreased their price objective on shares of Imperial Brands from GBX 3,650 to GBX 3,550 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 15th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 3,150 target price on shares of Imperial Brands in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and set a GBX 2,700 price target on shares of Imperial Brands in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th.

Imperial Brands Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of Imperial Brands stock opened at GBX 2,818 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 278.43. Imperial Brands has a 12 month low of GBX 2,626 and a 12 month high of GBX 3,341. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 2,771.97 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 2,950.12. The stock has a market cap of £21.60 billion, a PE ratio of 13.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 16.51 and a beta of 0.14.

Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, May 12th. The company reported GBX 127.70 earnings per share for the quarter. Imperial Brands had a return on equity of 39.24% and a net margin of 8.96%.The firm had revenue of GBX 1,471.90 billion for the quarter. Research analysts predict that Imperial Brands will post 246.5723613 EPS for the current year.

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