Insider Buying: Vanquis Banking Group plc (LON:VANQ) Insider Purchases 259 Shares of Stock

Vanquis Banking Group plc (LON:VANQ) insider Dave Watts acquired 259 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 14th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 58 ($0.77) per share, with a total value of £150.22 ($199.31).

Dave Watts also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, March 14th, Dave Watts bought 303 shares of Vanquis Banking Group stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 50 ($0.66) per share, for a total transaction of £151.50 ($201.01).
• On Friday, February 14th, Dave Watts purchased 244 shares of Vanquis Banking Group stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 62 ($0.82) per share, with a total value of £151.28 ($200.72).

Vanquis Banking Group Trading Down 1.0 %

Shares of Vanquis Banking Group stock opened at GBX 61 ($0.81) on Friday. Vanquis Banking Group plc has a 12 month low of GBX 37.40 ($0.50) and a 12 month high of GBX 67.60 ($0.90). The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 57.03 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 51.70. The firm has a market cap of £154.68 million, a P/E ratio of -4.95 and a beta of 1.45.

Vanquis Banking Group (LON:VANQ) last posted its earnings results on Friday, March 14th. The company reported GBX (9.70) (($0.13)) EPS for the quarter. Vanquis Banking Group had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 5.64%. Analysts forecast that Vanquis Banking Group plc will post 4.1557331 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Shore Capital reissued a “house stock” rating on shares of Vanquis Banking Group in a research note on Friday, March 14th.

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