Brokerages Set Howden Joinery Group Plc (LON:HWDN) Price Target at GBX 951.50

Howden Joinery Group Plc (LON:HWDN - Get Free Report) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the six ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year target price among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 951.50 ($11.92).

A number of analysts have recently commented on HWDN shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Howden Joinery Group from GBX 680 ($8.52) to GBX 849 ($10.64) and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Berenberg Bank reissued a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 975 ($12.22) target price on shares of Howden Joinery Group in a research report on Thursday, November 7th.

Insider Activity at Howden Joinery Group

In other Howden Joinery Group news, insider Suzy Neubert bought 7,305 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 12th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 821 ($10.29) per share, for a total transaction of £59,974.05 ($75,155.45). Insiders bought 7,345 shares of company stock worth $6,031,612 in the last ninety days. 0.47% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Howden Joinery Group Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of HWDN stock traded down GBX 2 ($0.03) on Thursday, hitting GBX 787.50 ($9.87). The stock had a trading volume of 281,832 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,898,362. The firm has a market cap of £4.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 1,711.96, a PEG ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.07. Howden Joinery Group has a twelve month low of GBX 753.40 ($9.44) and a twelve month high of GBX 982.50 ($12.31). The company has a current ratio of 1.99, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 75.88. The company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 835.93 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 885.17.

Howden Joinery Group Company Profile

Howden Joinery Group Plc is the parent company of Howdens. Howdens sells kitchens and joinery products to trade customers, primarily small local builders, through a network of over 850 UK depots. The business also operates over 70 depots across France, the Republic of Ireland, and Belgium. Howdens only sells to the trade - they have the expertise to ensure that our products are fitted to the highest possible standards.