Auto Trader Group (LON:AUTO) Insider Buys £24,865.58 in Stock

Auto Trader Group plc (LON:AUTO) insider Amanda James purchased 5,477 shares of Auto Trader Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 21st. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 454 per share, with a total value of £24,865.58.

Auto Trader Group Trading Down 5.8%

Auto Trader Group stock traded down GBX 29 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching GBX 467.30. The stock had a trading volume of 32,566,344 shares, compared to its average volume of 32,305,139. Auto Trader Group plc has a twelve month low of GBX 445.80 and a twelve month high of GBX 920. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.48, a current ratio of 1.77 and a quick ratio of 1.50. The firm has a market cap of £3.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.05, a PEG ratio of 3.99 and a beta of 0.69. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 488.77 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 549.88.

Auto Trader Group (LON:AUTO) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 34.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Auto Trader Group had a net margin of 47.69% and a return on equity of 51.86%. The company had revenue of £624.30 million for the quarter. Equities analysts anticipate that Auto Trader Group plc will post 32.7973074 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on AUTO shares. Citigroup reduced their price target on shares of Auto Trader Group from GBX 880 to GBX 526 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of Auto Trader Group from GBX 630 to GBX 515 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 19th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their target price on shares of Auto Trader Group from GBX 850 to GBX 816 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, March 27th. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a “sell” rating and set a GBX 470 price target on shares of Auto Trader Group in a report on Monday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Auto Trader Group has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 598.40.

Auto Trader Group Company Profile

Autotrader Group plc is the UK’s largest automotive marketplace and a leading digital platform for the automotive industry. Listed on the London Stock Exchange since March 2015, the company is a member of the FTSE 100 Index.

Autotrader’s purpose is Driving Change Together. Responsibly. The company uses advanced data science, artificial intelligence and scalable technology to improve how vehicles are bought and sold, while building stronger partnerships with its customers and the wider automotive ecosystem.