Insider Buying: Hill & Smith PLC (LON:HILS) Insider Purchases 4,225 Shares of Stock

Hill & Smith PLC (LON:HILS) insider Alan Giddins purchased 4,225 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 12th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 1,875 ($24.25) per share, with a total value of £79,218.75 ($102,468.96).

Hill & Smith Stock Up 1.7 %

HILS stock opened at GBX 1,894 ($24.50) on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is GBX 1,901.72 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 1,985.25. Hill & Smith PLC has a one year low of GBX 1,734 ($22.43) and a one year high of GBX 2,330 ($30.14). The firm has a market cap of £1.53 billion, a PE ratio of 19.91 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 34.30, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 2.20.

Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 12th. The company reported GBX 122.60 ($1.59) earnings per share for the quarter. Hill & Smith had a net margin of 9.23% and a return on equity of 17.39%. On average, research analysts forecast that Hill & Smith PLC will post 129.1287386 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Hill & Smith in a report on Tuesday, January 7th.

About Hill & Smith

Our purpose is to create sustainable infrastructure and safe transport through innovation.

Hill & Smith PLC is an international group with leading positions in the supply of infrastructure products and galvanizing services to global markets. Through a focus on leading positions in niche markets we aim to consistently deliver strong returns and shareholder value.

Supplying to, and located in, global markets the Group serves customers from facilities in Australia, India, Sweden, the UK and the USA, building a presence in international markets, where countries are upgrading or improving their infrastructure as their economies grow.