Vanquis Banking Group plc (LON:VANQ) Insider Dave Watts Buys 303 Shares of Stock

Vanquis Banking Group plc (LON:VANQ) insider Dave Watts acquired 303 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 14th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 50 ($0.65) per share, with a total value of £151.50 ($196.78).

Dave Watts also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, February 14th, Dave Watts purchased 244 shares of Vanquis Banking Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 62 ($0.81) per share, for a total transaction of £151.28 ($196.49).
• On Tuesday, January 14th, Dave Watts bought 327 shares of Vanquis Banking Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 46 ($0.60) per share, with a total value of £150.42 ($195.38).

Vanquis Banking Group Stock Up 4.2 %

Shares of Vanquis Banking Group stock opened at GBX 54.20 ($0.70) on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of £137.44 million, a PE ratio of -4.40 and a beta of 1.45. Vanquis Banking Group plc has a 12-month low of GBX 37.40 ($0.49) and a 12-month high of GBX 67.60 ($0.88). The company’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 53.59 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 51.35.

Vanquis Banking Group (LON:VANQ) last posted its earnings results on Friday, March 14th. The company reported GBX (9.70) (($0.13)) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Vanquis Banking Group had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 5.64%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Vanquis Banking Group plc will post 4.1557331 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital restated a “house stock” rating on shares of Vanquis Banking Group in a research report on Friday.

Vanquis Banking Group Company Profile