Insider Buying: A.G. BARR p.l.c. (LON:BAG) Insider Acquires 25 Shares of Stock

A.G. BARR p.l.c. (LON:BAG) insider Julie A. Barr bought 25 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 5th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 609 ($7.80) per share, with a total value of £152.25 ($195.02).

A.G. BARR Stock Performance

Shares of LON:BAG opened at GBX 612 ($7.84) on Thursday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 599.51 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 562.75. The company has a market cap of £679.20 million, a P/E ratio of 1,800.00, a PEG ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 0.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 1.99 and a current ratio of 2.09. A.G. BARR p.l.c. has a one year low of GBX 453 ($5.80) and a one year high of GBX 637 ($8.16).

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 685 ($8.77) price objective on shares of A.G. BARR in a research note on Thursday, July 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, A.G. BARR presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 601.75 ($7.71).

About A.G. BARR

A.G. BARR p.l.c., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells soft drinks and cocktail solutions in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates in three segments: Soft drinks, Cocktail solutions, and Other. The company provides carbonated and flavored soft drinks, brewed drinks, pre-mixed cocktails, mixers, syrups, various fruit purees, boost drinks, energy stimulation drinks, sport drinks, iced coffee, oat drinks, spring and sparkling water, fruit juices, and other non-alcoholic beverages.