Vesuvius (LON:VSVS) Receives Buy Rating from Jefferies Financial Group

Jefferies Financial Group restated their buy rating on shares of Vesuvius (LON:VSVS) in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday morning, MarketBeat.com reports. They currently have a GBX 545 price objective on the stock.

Vesuvius Stock Up 0.4%

VSVS opened at GBX 431.44 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 441.65 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 411.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 57.10, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 2.35. Vesuvius has a one year low of GBX 317.40 and a one year high of GBX 507.50. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.13.

Vesuvius (LON:VSVS) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, March 12th. The company reported GBX 34.20 EPS for the quarter. Vesuvius had a return on equity of 4.75% and a net margin of 2.88%. Analysts anticipate that Vesuvius will post 51.3945695 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Mark Collis sold 320 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 434, for a total transaction of £1,388.80. 25.13% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Vesuvius Company Profile

We are a global leader in metal flow engineering, providing a full range of engineering services and solutions to its customers worldwide, principally serving the steel and foundry industries.