Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) Insider Purchases £390.15 in Stock

Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) insider Liam Condon acquired 27 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 19th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 1,445 ($18.74) per share, with a total value of £390.15 ($505.90).

Liam Condon also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, January 22nd, Liam Condon acquired 30 shares of Johnson Matthey stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 1,362 ($17.66) per share, with a total value of £408.60 ($529.82).

Johnson Matthey Trading Down 1.9 %

Shares of Johnson Matthey stock opened at GBX 1,416 ($18.36) on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 1,421.74 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 1,459.87. Johnson Matthey PLC has a 1 year low of GBX 1,295.54 ($16.80) and a 1 year high of GBX 1,917.07 ($24.86). The company has a market capitalization of £2.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.06, a P/E/G ratio of 49,242.50 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.73, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 0.76.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently commented on JMAT. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 1,800 ($23.34) price objective on shares of Johnson Matthey in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. Berenberg Bank cut their price target on Johnson Matthey from GBX 1,650 ($21.40) to GBX 1,500 ($19.45) and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, November 28th.

Johnson Matthey Company Profile

Johnson Matthey is a global leader in science that enables a cleaner and healthier world. With over 200 years of sustained commitment to innovation and technological breakthroughs, they improve the function, performance and safety of their customers’ products. Their science has a global impact in areas such as low emission transport, pharmaceuticals, chemical processing and making the most efficient use of the planet’s natural resources.