Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) Insider Buys £440 in Stock

Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) insider Bradley Leonard Ormsby bought 4 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 5th. The shares were bought at an average price of £110 ($144.64) per share, with a total value of £440 ($578.57).

Judges Scientific Stock Performance

JDG opened at £106.50 ($140.04) on Friday. Judges Scientific plc has a 1-year low of GBX 7,300 ($95.99) and a 1-year high of £122.50 ($161.08). The company has a market cap of £707.16 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7,447.55, a PEG ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.84. The company’s fifty day moving average price is £105.15 and its two-hundred day moving average price is £107.29. The company has a current ratio of 1.87, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 79.06.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have issued reports on JDG. Jefferies Financial Group initiated coverage on Judges Scientific in a report on Tuesday. They issued a “buy” rating and a £122.30 ($160.82) target price for the company. Berenberg Bank upped their target price on Judges Scientific from £120 ($157.79) to £124 ($163.05) and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 19th. Finally, Shore Capital reissued a “house stock” rating on shares of Judges Scientific in a research report on Thursday, August 29th.

About Judges Scientific

Judges Scientific plc designs, manufactures, and sells scientific instruments. The company offers engineering teaching and research equipment for universities, colleges, schools, and research centres; and research and development systems for food, beverage, dairy, edible oil, and pharmaceutical industries.