Rotork (LON:ROR) Insider Buys £147.30 in Stock

Rotork plc (LON:ROR) insider Kiet Huynh bought 30 shares of Rotork stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 12th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 491 per share, with a total value of £147.30.

Kiet Huynh also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, September 10th, Kiet Huynh purchased 5 shares of Rotork stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 3,100 per share, with a total value of £155.
• On Monday, August 10th, Kiet Huynh acquired 31 shares of Rotork stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 487 per share, with a total value of £150.97.

Rotork Price Performance

LON:ROR opened at GBX 492.60 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.16, a current ratio of 2.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.01. Rotork plc has a 12-month low of GBX 286.40 and a 12-month high of GBX 493. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 486.38 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 392.49. The firm has a market capitalization of £4.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.28, a P/E/G ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.05.

Rotork (LON:ROR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported GBX 7.40 EPS for the quarter. Rotork had a net margin of 15.75% and a return on equity of 21.48%. On average, analysts anticipate that Rotork plc will post 16.46 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ROR has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Rotork from GBX 390 to GBX 405 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a GBX 503 price target on shares of Rotork in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lowered shares of Rotork to a “sector perform” rating and increased their price target for the stock from GBX 400 to GBX 503 in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 433.50.

About Rotork

Rotork is a market-leading global provider of mission-critical intelligent flow control solutions for oil & gas, water and wastewater, power, chemical process and industrial applications. We help customers around the world to improve efficiency, reduce emissions, minimise their environmental impact and assure safety. Rotork employs about 3,200 people, has manufacturing facilities in more than 17 locations and serves 170 countries through a global service network. Its shares have a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: ROR) and are a constituent of the FTSE 250 index.