Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed their buy rating on shares of Taylor Wimpey (LON:TW - Free Report) in a research note published on Monday,Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 175 ($2.26) target price on the homebuilder's stock.
Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded Taylor Wimpey to a "neutral" rating and decreased their price target for the company from GBX 170 ($2.19) to GBX 150 ($1.93) in a report on Thursday, December 5th.
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Taylor Wimpey Stock Down 1.2 %
Shares of Taylor Wimpey stock traded down GBX 1.35 ($0.02) during trading on Monday, reaching GBX 110.20 ($1.42). The company's stock had a trading volume of 27,181,081 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,409,451. The company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 116.06 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 137.27. The stock has a market capitalization of £3.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.79, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a current ratio of 5.08.
Taylor Wimpey (LON:TW - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The homebuilder reported GBX 8.40 ($0.11) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Taylor Wimpey had a net margin of 7.25% and a return on equity of 5.50%. As a group, analysts anticipate that Taylor Wimpey will post 9.8339265 earnings per share for the current year.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, insider Jennie Daly bought 44,679 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 3rd. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 112 ($1.44) per share, for a total transaction of £50,040.48 ($64,485.15). Insiders purchased a total of 44,929 shares of company stock valued at $5,034,053 over the last 90 days. 0.87% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Taylor Wimpey Company Profile
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Taylor Wimpey plc operates as a homebuilder in the United Kingdom and Spain. It builds and delivers various homes and communities. Taylor Wimpey plc was incorporated in 1935 and is based in High Wycombe, the United Kingdom.
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