SThree plc (LON:STEM) Insider Purchases £36,103.60 in Stock

SThree plc (LON:STEM) insider Andrew Beach acquired 13,886 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 11th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 260 ($3.35) per share, for a total transaction of £36,103.60 ($46,483.33).

Andrew Beach also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, December 17th, Andrew Beach bought 9,436 shares of SThree stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 265 ($3.41) per share, with a total value of £25,005.40 ($32,194.41).

SThree Price Performance

Shares of STEM stock traded down GBX 2.50 ($0.03) during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting GBX 258 ($3.32). 12,730,699 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 995,504. The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 265.12 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 327.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 16.03, a current ratio of 1.98 and a quick ratio of 1.69. SThree plc has a 52 week low of GBX 221.50 ($2.85) and a 52 week high of GBX 457.50 ($5.89). The stock has a market cap of £336.78 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 0.98.

SThree (LON:STEM) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January 28th. The company reported GBX 37.40 ($0.48) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. SThree had a net margin of 3.33% and a return on equity of 20.90%. As a group, research analysts forecast that SThree plc will post 38.490881 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have weighed in on STEM. Berenberg Bank reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 390 ($5.02) price objective on shares of SThree in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 300 ($3.86) target price on shares of SThree in a report on Tuesday, December 17th.

SThree Company Profile

SThree plc brings skilled people together to build the future. We are the only global specialist talent partner focused on roles in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (‘STEM’), providing permanent and flexible contract talent to a diverse base of over 7,200 clients across 11 countries. Our Group’s c.2,600 staff cover the Technology, Life Sciences and Engineering sectors.