Willard Galen Garfield Weston Sells 7,248 Shares of George Weston Limited (TSE:WN) Stock

George Weston Limited (TSE:WN) Director Willard Galen Garfield Weston sold 7,248 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$236.64, for a total value of C$1,715,131.20.

Willard Galen Garfield Weston also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, March 5th, Willard Galen Garfield Weston sold 57,463 shares of George Weston stock. The stock was sold at an average price of C$231.03, for a total value of C$13,275,441.29.

George Weston Stock Down 0.3 %

Shares of George Weston stock opened at C$229.83 on Friday. George Weston Limited has a one year low of C$174.30 and a one year high of C$240.43. The company has a market cap of C$29.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 46.00, a PEG ratio of 5.03 and a beta of 0.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 372.50, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 1.32. The firm has a fifty day moving average of C$224.80 and a two-hundred day moving average of C$224.71.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently weighed in on WN. TD Securities increased their price objective on George Weston from C$242.00 to C$263.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 18th. Scotiabank cut shares of George Weston from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and increased their price target for the stock from C$240.00 to C$241.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. Desjardins dropped their price objective on shares of George Weston from C$255.00 to C$251.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. BMO Capital Markets increased their target price on shares of George Weston from C$220.00 to C$221.50 in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. Finally, CIBC dropped their price target on George Weston from C$269.00 to C$268.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, George Weston has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$251.42.

About George Weston

George Weston is a holding company that operates through two subsidiaries encompassing retail and real estate. The first is Loblaw, the largest grocer in Canada, in which it has a 53% controlling stake. The second is Choice Properties, an open-ended real estate investment trust, where George Weston’s ownership sits close to 62%.