Dale Jane Murray Buys 33,000 Shares of Jupiter Fund Management Plc (LON:JUP) Stock

Jupiter Fund Management Plc (LON:JUP) insider Dale Jane Murray purchased 33,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 28th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 75 ($0.95) per share, for a total transaction of £24,750 ($31,452.54).

Jupiter Fund Management Stock Performance

Shares of JUP opened at GBX 74.70 ($0.95) on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 80.41 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 82.59. The company has a current ratio of 1.70, a quick ratio of 1.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.23. Jupiter Fund Management Plc has a 12 month low of GBX 72.80 ($0.93) and a 12 month high of GBX 93.95 ($1.19). The company has a market cap of £382.69 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -43.11 and a beta of 1.42.

Jupiter Fund Management (LON:JUP) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 13.40 ($0.17) EPS for the quarter. Jupiter Fund Management had a negative return on equity of 1.13% and a negative net margin of 2.34%. Research analysts anticipate that Jupiter Fund Management Plc will post 8.5093781 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Citigroup cut their target price on Jupiter Fund Management from GBX 92 ($1.17) to GBX 80 ($1.02) and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and four have issued a hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of GBX 89 ($1.13).

Jupiter Fund Management Company Profile

Jupiter Fund Management Plc is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm manages mutual funds, hedge funds, client focused portfolios, and multi-manager products for its clients. It invests in the public equity markets across U.K., Europe and global emerging markets. The firm also invests in fixed income markets, fund of funds products, hedge funds, and absolute return funds.