Ascential plc (LON:ASCL) Insider Sells £69,252.99 in Stock

Ascential plc (LON:ASCL) insider Mandy Gradden sold 12,171 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 569 ($7.48), for a total value of £69,252.99 ($91,062.45).

Ascential Stock Performance

Shares of ASCL opened at GBX 569 ($7.48) on Friday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 495.27 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 378.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.25, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 0.90. The company has a market capitalization of £1.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4,741.67, a PEG ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 1.23. Ascential plc has a 1 year low of GBX 312.50 ($4.11) and a 1 year high of GBX 580 ($7.63).

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have weighed in on ASCL. Berenberg Bank raised their target price on shares of Ascential from GBX 395 ($5.19) to GBX 568 ($7.47) and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, July 25th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 433 ($5.69) target price on shares of Ascential in a report on Tuesday, June 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Ascential presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 428.67 ($5.64).

About Ascential

Ascential plc provides specialist information, analytics, and e-commerce optimization platforms in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, China, rest of the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. The company operates in two segments, Marketing and Financial Technology.