Spirent Communications plc (LON:SPT) Insider Acquires £124.60 in Stock

Spirent Communications plc (LON:SPT - Get Free Report) insider Paula Bell acquired 70 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 27th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 178 ($2.35) per share, for a total transaction of £124.60 ($164.31).Get Spirent Communications alerts:Paula Bell also recently made the following trade(s): On Wednesday, July 24th, Paula Bell acquired 72 shares of Spirent Communications stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 174 ($2.29) per share, for a total transaction of £125.28 ($165.21). On Monday, June 24th, Paula Bell acquired 68 shares of Spirent Communications stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 185 ($2.44) per share, for a total transaction of £125.80 ($165.90). Spirent Communications Price PerformanceLON:SPT opened at GBX 176.10 ($2.32) on Thursday. Spirent Communications plc has a 52 week low of GBX 79.75 ($1.05) and a 52 week high of GBX 203.80 ($2.69). The firm has a market cap of £1.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8,805.00, a P/E/G ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.54. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 178.22 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 175.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.26, a quick ratio of 1.95 and a current ratio of 1.82. Analyst Upgrades and DowngradesSeparately, Canaccord Genuity Group upgraded shares of Spirent Communications to a "speculative buy" rating and set a GBX 199 ($2.62) price objective on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 7th.Check Out Our Latest Stock Analysis on Spirent CommunicationsSpirent Communications Company Profile (Get Free Report)Spirent Communications plc provides automated test and assurance solutions in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company operates through Lifecycle Service Assurance, and Networks & Security segments. The Lifecycle Service Assurance segment offers lab-based testing solutions for 5G mobile core networks, and cellular and Wi-Fi devices, as well as live solutions.Featured ArticlesFive stocks we like better than Spirent Communications5 Top Rated Dividend Stocks to ConsiderBHP Stock: The Under-the-Radar Growth Story in CommoditiesTop Stocks Investing in 5G TechnologyAnalysts Upgrade These 3 Hot Buy-and-Hold StocksWhat to Know About Investing in Penny StocksKohl’s Charts a Resilient Path in a Challenging Retail LandscapeThis instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate reporting. This story was reviewed by MarketBeat's editorial team prior to publication. Please send any questions or comments about this story to contact@marketbeat.com.→ The perfect AI stock? (270X more lucrative than NVIDIA) (From Behind the Markets) (Ad)Should you invest $1,000 in Spirent Communications right now?Before you consider Spirent Communications, you'll want to hear this.MarketBeat keeps track of Wall Street's top-rated and best performing research analysts and the stocks they recommend to their clients on a daily basis. MarketBeat has identified the five stocks that top analysts are quietly whispering to their clients to buy now before the broader market catches on... and Spirent Communications wasn't on the list.While Spirent Communications currently has a "Buy" rating among analysts, top-rated analysts believe these five stocks are better buys.View The Five Stocks Here