Insider Buying: Crest Nicholson Holdings plc (LON:CRST) Insider Acquires £17,307.68 in Stock

Crest Nicholson Holdings plc (LON:CRST) insider William Floydd acquired 11,024 shares of Crest Nicholson stock in a transaction on Friday, February 28th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 157 ($2.02) per share, for a total transaction of £17,307.68 ($22,309.46).

Crest Nicholson Trading Down 2.2 %

CRST opened at GBX 148.80 ($1.92) on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 166.81 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 175.95. Crest Nicholson Holdings plc has a one year low of GBX 145.20 ($1.87) and a one year high of GBX 272.40 ($3.51). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.94, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a current ratio of 3.27. The stock has a market cap of £381.65 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -14.33, a P/E/G ratio of 0.51 and a beta of 2.00.

Crest Nicholson (LON:CRST) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported GBX 5.60 ($0.07) earnings per share for the quarter. Crest Nicholson had a negative return on equity of 3.47% and a negative net margin of 4.21%. On average, equities analysts forecast that Crest Nicholson Holdings plc will post 9.0980939 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Crest Nicholson to a “neutral” rating and upped their target price for the company from GBX 180 ($2.32) to GBX 190 ($2.45) in a research report on Thursday, December 5th.

Crest Nicholson Company Profile

Crest Nicholson Holdings plc engages in building residential homes in the United Kingdom. It develops and sells apartments, houses, and commercial properties. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Addlestone, the United Kingdom.