Insider Buying: Just Group plc (LON:JUST) Insider Buys 66,086 Shares of Stock

Just Group plc (LON:JUST) insider Mark Godson bought 66,086 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 7th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 151 ($1.95) per share, for a total transaction of £99,789.86 ($129,194.54).

Just Group Trading Down 1.1 %

Shares of LON:JUST opened at GBX 139.20 ($1.80) on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of £1.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.20, a PEG ratio of 0.47 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.09, a current ratio of 2.30 and a quick ratio of 4.87. Just Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 95 ($1.23) and a 1 year high of GBX 168.60 ($2.18). The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 158.98 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 149.59.

Just Group (LON:JUST) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The company reported GBX 36 ($0.47) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Just Group had a return on equity of 8.47% and a net margin of 3.40%. Sell-side analysts expect that Just Group plc will post 38.3510638 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on JUST shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a GBX 200 ($2.59) target price on shares of Just Group in a research note on Friday, March 7th. Royal Bank of Canada increased their target price on Just Group from GBX 190 ($2.46) to GBX 200 ($2.59) and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, March 7th.

About Just Group

Just Group plc provides various retirement income products and services to individual and corporate clients.in the United Kingdom. It offers defined benefit de-risking solutions, guaranteed income for life, secure lifetime income, care plans, and lifetime mortgage service. The company also engages in professional services and distribution business, which offers technology, broking, and advice solutions for corporate clients and pension schemes; and regulated financial advice for pension, investment, and savings.