Vesuvius Plc Earns Overweight Rating from J P Morgan Chase & Co

2017-08-08

J P Morgan Chase & Co restated their overweight rating on shares of Vesuvius Plc in a research report report published on Monday, July 24th, MarketBeat reports. J P Morgan Chase & Co currently has a GBX 710 ($9.37) target price on the stock, up from their previous target price of GBX 620 ($8.18).

VSVS has been the topic of a number of other research reports. HSBC Holdings plc reiterated a hold rating and set a GBX 550 ($7.25) price target on shares of Vesuvius Plc in a report on Thursday, April 6th. Jefferies Group LLC raised their target price on shares of Vesuvius Plc from GBX 595 ($7.85) to GBX 650 ($8.57) and gave the stock a buy rating in a report on Tuesday, May 30th. Peel Hunt restated a buy rating and issued a GBX 610 ($8.05) target price on shares of Vesuvius Plc in a report on Wednesday, April 5th. Deutsche Bank AG restated a hold rating on shares of Vesuvius Plc in a report on Monday, July 10th. Finally, BNP Paribas upgraded shares of Vesuvius Plc to an outperform rating and set a GBX 675 ($8.90) target price on the stock in a report on Tuesday, July 18th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. The company has a consensus rating of Buy and a consensus price target of GBX 622.50 ($8.21).

Vesuvius Plc traded up 2.10% during trading on Monday, hitting GBX 559.00. 172,209 shares of the company’s stock traded hands. Vesuvius Plc has a 12 month low of GBX 328.01 and a 12 month high of GBX 609.00. The stock’s market cap is GBX 1.51 billion. The company’s 50 day moving average is GBX 561.89 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 526.69.

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 22nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 10th will be given a GBX 5.50 ($0.07) dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 10th. This represents a yield of 0.99%.