Howden Joinery Group Plc (LON:HWDN) Receives GBX 923.33 Consensus Target Price from Analysts

Shares of Howden Joinery Group Plc (LON:HWDN - Get Free Report) have received a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the six analysts that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 923.33 ($11.76).

Several equities analysts recently commented on the company. Berenberg Bank restated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 975 ($12.42) target price on shares of Howden Joinery Group in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on Howden Joinery Group from GBX 1,042 ($13.27) to GBX 1,090 ($13.88) and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, August 20th.

Howden Joinery Group Stock Performance

HWDN traded down GBX 5 ($0.06) on Friday, hitting GBX 816 ($10.39). 544,845 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,561,227. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 868.50 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 897.20. The company has a current ratio of 1.99, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 75.88. Howden Joinery Group has a 52 week low of GBX 729 ($9.29) and a 52 week high of GBX 982.50 ($12.51). The firm has a market capitalization of £4.49 billion, a PE ratio of 1,773.91, a P/E/G ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.07.

Insider Buying and Selling at Howden Joinery Group

In other news, insider Suzy Neubert purchased 7,305 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 12th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 821 ($10.46) per share, with a total value of £59,974.05 ($76,390.33). Over the last quarter, insiders have purchased 7,361 shares of company stock valued at $6,047,196. 0.47% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Howden Joinery Group

Howden Joinery Group Plc supplies various kitchen, joinery, and hardware products in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, and the Republic of Ireland. The company's product portfolio worktops, sinks and taps, flooring, appliances, and handles; internal and external doors, including fire doors, flooring, stair parts, and general joinery items; and cooking, cleaning, and cooling appliances.