Kier Group plc (LON:KIE - Get Free Report) shares fell 12.9% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as GBX 122 ($1.57) and last traded at GBX 122 ($1.57). 6,290,550 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 80% from the average session volume of 3,501,025 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 140 ($1.80).
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Separately, Berenberg Bank restated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 210 ($2.70) price target on shares of Kier Group in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd.
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Kier Group Stock Performance
The company has a quick ratio of 0.69, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 302.83. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 146.40 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 146.16. The firm has a market cap of £531.19 million, a PE ratio of 12.42, a P/E/G ratio of 0.29 and a beta of 1.14.
Kier Group (LON:KIE - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 8.70 ($0.11) earnings per share for the quarter. Kier Group had a return on equity of 8.23% and a net margin of 1.09%. Research analysts forecast that Kier Group plc will post 20.4913295 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Kier Group Company Profile
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Kier Group is a leading infrastructure services, construction and property group based in the UK.
Our purpose is to sustainably deliver infrastructure which is vital to the UK with a vision is to be the UK's leading infrastructure services and construction company.
We operate through three segments; Infrastructure Services, Construction and Property.
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