Grafton Group (LON:GFTU) Sets New 52-Week Low - Here's Why

Grafton Group plc (LON:GFTU - Get Free Report) reached a new 52-week low during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as GBX 840 ($10.26) and last traded at GBX 847.53 ($10.35), with a volume of 551660 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 876.90 ($10.71).

Grafton Group Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.66, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 2.21. The firm's 50-day moving average price is GBX 950.77 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 998.29. The stock has a market cap of £1.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,025.06, a PEG ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.60.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Grafton Group news, insider David Arnold sold 30,000 shares of Grafton Group stock in a transaction on Monday, November 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 1,018 ($12.43), for a total value of £305,400 ($372,848.25). 11.45% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Grafton Group

Grafton Group plc engages in the distribution, retailing, and manufacturing businesses in Ireland, the Netherlands, Finland, and the United Kingdom. Its Distribution segment distributes building materials, paint, tools, ironmongery, fixings, and accessories, workwear and PPE, and spare parts; materials and plant for mechanical services, heating, plumbing, and air movement; and trade, DIY, and self-build markets with building materials, timber, doors and floors, plumbing and heating, bathrooms, and landscaping products under the Selco, Leyland SDM, Chadwicks, MacBlair, Isero, Polvo, Gunters en Meuser, TG Lynes, and IKH brands.