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Shares of Halma plc (LON:HLMA - Get Rating) have been assigned a consensus rating of "Hold" from the eight ratings firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have given a hold recommendation and one has given a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,293.50 ($27.71).

HLMA has been the subject of several analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their target price on shares of Halma from GBX 1,960 ($23.68) to GBX 1,820 ($21.99) and set an "underperform" rating for the company in a report on Monday, September 12th. Shore Capital restated a "buy" rating on shares of Halma in a report on Thursday, September 22nd. Barclays lowered their target price on shares of Halma from GBX 2,750 ($33.23) to GBX 2,100 ($25.37) and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, June 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Halma from GBX 2,415 ($29.18) to GBX 2,435 ($29.42) and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a report on Monday, June 20th. Finally, Berenberg Bank lowered their target price on shares of Halma from GBX 2,980 ($36.01) to GBX 2,260 ($27.31) and set a "hold" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 21st.Halma Price Performance

HLMA stock opened at GBX 2,156 ($26.05) on Thursday. Halma has a 52 week low of GBX 1,855.30 ($22.42) and a 52 week high of GBX 3,270 ($39.51). The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 30.80. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 2,155.41 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 2,220.65. The firm has a market capitalization of £8.19 billion and a P/E ratio of 3,368.75. Insider Buying and Selling

In other Halma news, insider Andrew Williams sold 5,754 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,246 ($27.14), for a total transaction of £129,234.84 ($156,156.16). Halma Company Profile (Get Rating)

Halma plc, through its subsidiaries, provides technology solutions in the safety, health, and environmental markets. It operates through three segments: Safety, Environmental & Analysis, and Medical. The Safety segment provides fire detection, specialist fire suppression, elevator safety, security sensors, people and vehicle flow technologies, specialized interlocks that control critical processes safely, and explosion protection and corrosion monitoring systems.See Also3 Alzheimer Stocks to Buy as the Race for a Cure Heats Up Don’t Forget About These Cheap, Fundamentally Strong Tech StocksBellwether RPM International Pops On Results Rivian Checks Off Boxes, But Still Needs a Lot to Go Right Hot Potato: Lamb Weston Stock Confirms a Top 

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