Chris McLeish Sells 2,682 Shares of Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) Stock

Hill & Smith PLC (LON:HILS) insider Chris McLeish sold 2,682 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,760, for a total transaction of £74,023.20.

Hill & Smith Price Performance

Shares of LON HILS traded up GBX 50 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting GBX 2,810. The company had a trading volume of 2,868,494 shares, compared to its average volume of 594,122. The company has a quick ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 1.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 25.52. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 2,376.83 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 2,288.66. Hill & Smith PLC has a twelve month low of GBX 1,634 and a twelve month high of GBX 2,810. The firm has a market capitalization of £2.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.66 and a beta of 1.29.

Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 132.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Hill & Smith had a net margin of 9.50% and a return on equity of 17.34%. Equities research analysts anticipate that Hill & Smith PLC will post 129.1287386 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently commented on HILS. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 2,750 price objective on shares of Hill & Smith in a research report on Thursday, March 12th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price objective on shares of Hill & Smith from GBX 2,625 to GBX 2,930 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. Shore Capital Group restated a “hold” rating on shares of Hill & Smith in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 2,760 target price on shares of Hill & Smith in a research note on Wednesday, April 22nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 2,813.33.

About Hill & Smith

Our purpose is to create sustainable infrastructure and safe transport through innovation.

Hill & Smith PLC is an international group with leading positions in the supply of infrastructure products and galvanizing services to global markets. Through a focus on leading positions in niche markets we aim to consistently deliver strong returns and shareholder value.

Supplying to, and located in, global markets the Group serves customers from facilities in Australia, India, Sweden, the UK and the USA, building a presence in international markets, where countries are upgrading or improving their infrastructure as their economies grow.