Shares of Smiths Group plc (LON:SMIN – Get Free Report) have been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the six brokerages that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,910.
SMIN has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 2,750 price objective on shares of Smiths Group in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Berenberg Bank increased their target price on Smiths Group from GBX 3,000 to GBX 3,200 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Smiths Group from GBX 2,810 to GBX 3,100 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and issued a GBX 2,500 target price on shares of Smiths Group in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Smiths Group news, insider Richard Howes acquired 67 shares of Smiths Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 2,658 per share, with a total value of £1,780.86. Also, insider Laurence Mulliez acquired 702 shares of Smiths Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 28th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,831 per share, with a total value of £19,873.62. Insiders own 0.81% of the company’s stock.
Smiths Group Stock Performance
Shares of SMIN opened at GBX 2,685 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 2,657.51 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 2,575.16. The stock has a market cap of £7.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.29, a PEG ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 46.28, a current ratio of 2.77 and a quick ratio of 1.29. Smiths Group has a one year low of GBX 2,088 and a one year high of GBX 2,885.
Smiths Group (LON:SMIN – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 22nd. The company reported GBX 49.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Smiths Group had a net margin of 101.70% and a return on equity of 92.97%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Smiths Group will post 85.13 earnings per share for the current year.
About Smiths Group
For 175 years, we have been pioneers of progress, engineering a better future. Our strategy is to be a focused, efficient and value creating industrial engineering company operating in the attractive and growing market segments of flow control, thermal solutions, construction and aerospace.
We focus on solving the toughest problems for our customers, helping address critical global needs such as decarbonisation and the ever-increasing demand for process and energy efficiency.
We are pioneers of progress.
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