SThree (LON:STEM) Shares Down 0.7% – Time to Sell?

SThree plc (LON:STEM)’s stock price fell 0.7% on Tuesday . The company traded as low as GBX 351.50 ($4.58) and last traded at GBX 354 ($4.61). 158,982 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 37% from the average session volume of 250,815 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 356.50 ($4.64).

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group reduced their target price on SThree from GBX 430 ($5.60) to GBX 420 ($5.47) and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, July 16th.

SThree Stock Up 0.9 %

The firm’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 380.42 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 406.73. The company has a current ratio of 1.89, a quick ratio of 1.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.91. The company has a market capitalization of £469.14 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 840.48, a PEG ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 0.98.

Insider Buying and Selling at SThree

In other SThree news, insider Timo Lehne acquired 85,028 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 25th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 375 ($4.88) per share, for a total transaction of £318,855 ($415,067.69). Insiders bought a total of 85,107 shares of company stock worth $31,915,273 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 6.23% of the company’s stock.

SThree Company Profile

SThree plc provides specialist recruitment services in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics markets in the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, France, the United States, Dubai, Japan. The company offers recruitment services for permanent and contract roles, as well as support services.