On January 19th, David Kemp, employed there, made an inside purchase of 2,526 shares of John Wood Group PLC (LON: WG). It costs £3,662.70 ($4,469.43) to purchase the shares, which comes from an average price of GBX 145 ($1.77) per share.
Additionally, David Kemp has just recently completed the following transaction(s):
Friday’s trading session ended with LON WG shares priced at GBX 143.75 ($1.75). This price represents a decrease of GBX 4.60 ($0.06). The company’s stock was traded at an average rate of 530,810 shares per day, but a total of 1,395,392 shares changed hands today. The lowest price that John Wood Group PLC has been at in the past year is GBX 102.05 ($1.25), and the highest price that John Wood Group PLC has been at in the past year is GBX 255 ($3.11). A debt-to-equity ratio comes in at 59.91; a quick ratio comes in at 0.75; a current ratio comes in at 1.31; and a quick ratio comes in at 0.75. The company’s market value comes in at £994.52 million, while its price-to-earnings ratio is a negative 8.78. The moving average for the company over the past 50 days is GBX 143.16, while the moving average over the last 200 days is GBX 141.55.
In recent years, there has been a proliferation of research publications focused on WG. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of John Wood Group in a research report published on Wednesday, November 16th. The firm also assigned the stock a price objective of GBX 240 ($2.93) focused on WG. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of John Wood Group in a research report published on Wednesday, November 16th. The firm also assigned the stock a price objective of GBX 240 ($2.93). In a research report that was released on November 30th, Berenberg Bank assigned a “neutral” rating to John Wood Group and decreased their price objective for the company from GBX 180 ($2.20) to GBX 165 ($2.01). In a research note published on Wednesday, Barclays increased their price target on John Wood Group from GBX 180 ($2.20) to GBX 190 ($2.32). While maintaining an “equal weight” rating on the stock, Barclays increased their price target on John Wood Group. In a report made public on Friday, October 21st, JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced that they had upgraded the rating they had previously given to John Wood Group from “underweight” to “overweight.” In addition, they increased their price target to GBX 262 ($3.20), previously GBX 255 ($3.11).
Customers in the fields of energy and the built environment are served by John Wood Group PLC and its subsidiaries, which offer engineering services in addition to consultancy and project management, all of which are located in different parts of the world. The company is structured into four distinct business divisions, which are referred to as projects, operations, consulting, and investment, respectively. This business offers engineering solutions for decarbonization, industrial optimization, future fuels, low-carbon options, and renewable energy sources.
