Vanquis Banking Group plc (LON:VANQ) Insider Acquires £150.22 in Stock

Vanquis Banking Group plc (LON:VANQ) insider Dave Watts acquired 259 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 14th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 58 ($0.76) per share, with a total value of £150.22 ($198.07).

Dave Watts also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, March 14th, Dave Watts bought 303 shares of Vanquis Banking Group stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 50 ($0.66) per share, for a total transaction of £151.50 ($199.76).
• On Friday, February 14th, Dave Watts acquired 244 shares of Vanquis Banking Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 62 ($0.82) per share, for a total transaction of £151.28 ($199.47).

Vanquis Banking Group Price Performance

Shares of LON:VANQ traded down GBX 0.20 ($0.00) during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting GBX 56.90 ($0.75). The company’s stock had a trading volume of 286,890 shares, compared to its average volume of 889,834. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 57.16 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 51.59. Vanquis Banking Group plc has a 52 week low of GBX 37.40 ($0.49) and a 52 week high of GBX 67.60 ($0.89). The company has a market capitalization of £144.29 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.62 and a beta of 1.45.

Vanquis Banking Group (LON:VANQ) last posted its earnings results on Friday, March 14th. The company reported GBX (9.70) (($0.13)) earnings per share for the quarter. Vanquis Banking Group had a negative return on equity of 5.64% and a negative net margin of 6.88%. On average, equities research analysts predict that Vanquis Banking Group plc will post 4.1557331 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital reiterated a “house stock” rating on shares of Vanquis Banking Group in a report on Friday, March 14th.

Vanquis Banking Group Company Profile