Westminster Group (LON:WSG) Shares Up 9.7% – Here’s Why

Westminster Group PLC (LON:WSG)’s share price traded up 9.7% on Thursday . The company traded as high as GBX 1.59 ($0.02) and last traded at GBX 1.59 ($0.02). 935,917 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 36% from the average session volume of 687,039 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 1.45 ($0.02).

Westminster Group Stock Down 5.7 %

The stock has a market capitalization of £4.96 million, a P/E ratio of -145.00 and a beta of 1.67. The company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 1.70 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 2.14. The company has a quick ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 2.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.18.

Westminster Group (LON:WSG) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported GBX 0.88 ($0.01) EPS for the quarter. Westminster Group had a return on equity of 7.01% and a net margin of 6.91%. As a group, research analysts forecast that Westminster Group PLC will post 0.6027397 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Westminster Group

Westminster Group plc is a specialist security and services group operating worldwide via an extensive international network of agents and offices in over 50 countries.

Westminster’s principal activity is the design, supply and ongoing support of advanced technology security solutions, encompassing a wide range of surveillance, detection (including Fever Detection), tracking and interception technologies and the provision of long-term managed services contracts such as the management and running of complete security services and solutions in airports, ports and other such facilities together with the provision of manpower, consultancy and training services.

The majority of its customer base, by value, comprises governments and government agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) and blue-chip commercial organisations.