George Weston Limited (TSE:WN - Get Free Report) Senior Officer Richard Dufresne sold 10,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$230.80, for a total transaction of C$2,308,031.00.
Richard Dufresne also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Monday, December 2nd, Richard Dufresne sold 10,000 shares of George Weston stock. The shares were sold at an average price of C$224.95, for a total transaction of C$2,249,513.00.
George Weston Stock Down 0.5 %
TSE WN traded down C$1.05 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching C$230.54. 247,405 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 128,737. The company's 50-day moving average is C$223.57 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$223.83. George Weston Limited has a one year low of C$174.30 and a one year high of C$239.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 372.50, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 1.32. The company has a market capitalization of C$29.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.03 and a beta of 0.42.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of brokerages recently weighed in on WN. TD Securities increased their price target on shares of George Weston from C$242.00 to C$263.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price target on shares of George Weston from C$266.00 to C$264.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Desjardins cut their price target on shares of George Weston from C$255.00 to C$251.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Scotiabank downgraded shares of George Weston from an "outperform" rating to a "sector perform" rating and increased their price target for the company from C$240.00 to C$241.00 in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets increased their price target on shares of George Weston from C$220.00 to C$221.50 in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of C$251.42.
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George Weston is a holding company that operates through two subsidiaries encompassing retail and real estate. The first is Loblaw, the largest grocer in Canada, in which it has a 53% controlling stake. The second is Choice Properties, an open-ended real estate investment trust, where George Weston's ownership sits close to 62%.
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