Harworth Group (LON:HWG) Trading Up 0.9% – Should You Buy?

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) shares traded up 0.9% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as GBX 169 ($2.14) and last traded at GBX 168.50 ($2.14). 187,842 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 53% from the average session volume of 398,827 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 167 ($2.12).

Harworth Group Stock Performance

The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 175.47 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 167.26. The company has a market cap of £545.35 million, a PE ratio of 1,123.33 and a beta of 0.74. The company has a quick ratio of 1.13, a current ratio of 2.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Harworth Group news, insider Chris Birch sold 11,804 shares of Harworth Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 191 ($2.42), for a total value of £22,545.64 ($28,578.58). In the last three months, insiders have acquired 254 shares of company stock valued at $45,042. Insiders own 53.39% of the company’s stock.

Harworth Group Company Profile

Harworth Group plc operates as a land and property regeneration company in the North of England and the Midlands. The company operates through Income Generation and Capital Growth segments. The Income Generation segment focuses on generating rental returns from the investment portfolio; rental returns and royalties from energy generation, environmental technologies, and the agricultural portfolio; and income-generating streams from recycled aggregates and secondary coal products.