A.G. BARR (LON:BAG) Sets New 52-Week High at $686.00

A.G. BARR p.l.c. (LON:BAG)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 686 ($9.02) and last traded at GBX 655 ($8.61), with a volume of 84968 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 666 ($8.76).

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 685 ($9.01) price target on shares of A.G. BARR in a research report on Thursday, July 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 601.75 ($7.91).

A.G. BARR Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.67, a current ratio of 2.09 and a quick ratio of 1.99. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 628.43 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 590.17. The company has a market capitalization of £720.26 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,914.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 0.40.

Insider Buying and Selling at A.G. BARR

In other A.G. BARR news, insider Stuart Lorimer acquired 3,925 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, July 1st. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 459 ($6.04) per share, with a total value of £18,015.75 ($23,689.35). Over the last three months, insiders have acquired 4,011 shares of company stock valued at $1,854,080. Company insiders own 32.90% of the company’s stock.

A.G. BARR Company Profile

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.