Reckitt Benckiser Group (LON:RKT) Insider Deborah Waterhouse Purchases 152 Shares of Stock

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (LON:RKT) insider Deborah Waterhouse acquired 152 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 26th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 5,189 per share, for a total transaction of £7,887.28.

Reckitt Benckiser Group Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of Reckitt Benckiser Group stock traded up GBX 18 on Friday, reaching GBX 5,134. The company had a trading volume of 15,331,688 shares, compared to its average volume of 23,399,000. The firm has a market cap of £32.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.62, a P/E/G ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 0.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 179.24, a current ratio of 0.59 and a quick ratio of 0.46. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 5,067.22 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 5,145.53. Reckitt Benckiser Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 3,866 and a 1 year high of GBX 6,522.92.

Reckitt Benckiser Group (LON:RKT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported GBX 101.40 earnings per share for the quarter. Reckitt Benckiser Group had a return on equity of 42.87% and a net margin of 21.09%. As a group, research analysts predict that Reckitt Benckiser Group plc will post 331.2110727 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on RKT shares. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 5,900 target price on shares of Reckitt Benckiser Group in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Berenberg Bank upped their price target on shares of Reckitt Benckiser Group from GBX 5,179 to GBX 5,352 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 5,400 price objective on shares of Reckitt Benckiser Group in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and issued a GBX 6,200 price objective on shares of Reckitt Benckiser Group in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Reckitt Benckiser Group presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 6,121.71.

About Reckitt Benckiser Group

At Reckitt, we protect, heal and nurture. We are the company behind some of the world’s best known and most trusted Health and Hygiene consumer brands.

Delivering for a cleaner, healthier world requires strong brands with a global footprint. From Dettol, Lysol, Durex, Finish, Harpic and Vanish, Mucinex, Nurofen, Gaviscon, Veet and Strepsils, consumers love and rely on our brands to care for their families, as they have done for over 200 years.

We use our scientific expertise and deep human understanding to develop solutions to help people improve their lives – that is why over 30 million Reckitt products are sold each day worldwide.

At Reckitt, we’re all making a real difference to people all over the world, every day.