Harworth Group (LON:HWG) Insider Lynda Shillaw Purchases 119 Shares

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Lynda Shillaw acquired 119 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 15th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 126 per share, for a total transaction of £149.94.

Lynda Shillaw also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, April 16th, Lynda Shillaw acquired 101 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 150 per share, for a total transaction of £151.50.
• On Friday, March 20th, Lynda Shillaw acquired 21,764 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 155 per share, for a total transaction of £33,734.20.
• On Tuesday, March 10th, Lynda Shillaw acquired 90 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 167 per share, for a total transaction of £150.30.

Harworth Group Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of HWG stock opened at GBX 125 on Tuesday. Harworth Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 123.80 and a 1 year high of GBX 190.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 24.93, a current ratio of 457.81 and a quick ratio of 1.13. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 147.04 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 158.46. The company has a market cap of £406.01 million, a PE ratio of 44.64 and a beta of 0.63.

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 17th. The company reported GBX 2.90 earnings per share for the quarter. Harworth Group had a return on equity of 1.36% and a net margin of 7.25%. Research analysts predict that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on HWG. Berenberg Bank increased their price target on Harworth Group from GBX 201 to GBX 202 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 26th. Panmure Gordon reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 215 price target on shares of Harworth Group in a research report on Monday, January 19th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Harworth Group presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 209.75.

About Harworth Group

Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments. Visit www.harworthgroup.com for further information.