Kier Group plc (LON:KIE) Insider Matthew Lester Buys 16,310 Shares of Stock

Kier Group plc (LON:KIE) insider Matthew Lester bought 16,310 shares of Kier Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 11th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 123 ($1.59) per share, for a total transaction of £20,061.30 ($25,972.68).

Kier Group Trading Down 11.7 %

LON:KIE opened at GBX 123.60 ($1.60) on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day moving average is GBX 145.90 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 145.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 302.83, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.69. Kier Group plc has a 12 month low of GBX 118.80 ($1.54) and a 12 month high of GBX 163.27 ($2.11). The firm has a market capitalization of £532.05 million, a PE ratio of 12.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.29 and a beta of 1.14.

Kier Group (LON:KIE) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 8.70 ($0.11) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Kier Group had a return on equity of 8.23% and a net margin of 1.09%. Research analysts predict that Kier Group plc will post 20.4913295 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Berenberg Bank reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 210 ($2.72) target price on shares of Kier Group in a report on Thursday, January 23rd.

About Kier Group

Kier Group is a leading infrastructure services, construction and property group based in the UK.

Our purpose is to sustainably deliver infrastructure which is vital to the UK with a vision is to be the UK’s leading infrastructure services and construction company.

We operate through three segments; Infrastructure Services, Construction and Property.