Britvic Plc (LON:BVIC)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reissued by equities researchers at Goodbody Stockbrokers Ltd in a report released on Wednesday, AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Nomura restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 830 ($11.83) target price on shares of Britvic Plc in a research note on Friday, October 2nd. Numis Securities Ltd cut their price target on Britvic Plc from GBX 851 ($12.12) to GBX 842 ($12.00) and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 1st. Citigroup Inc. reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 800 ($11.40) price target on shares of Britvic Plc in a report on Tuesday, September 29th. Goldman Sachs reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 795 ($11.33) price target on shares of Britvic Plc in a report on Wednesday, November 4th. Finally, HSBC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 860 ($12.25) price target on shares of Britvic Plc in a report on Thursday, November 19th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Britvic Plc presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 800.25 ($11.40).

Shares of Britvic Plc (LON:BVIC) traded up 2.63% on Wednesday, reaching GBX 722.00. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 703,766 shares. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 703.35 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 693.49. Britvic Plc has a 52 week low of GBX 632.00 and a 52 week high of GBX 788.00. The stock’s market capitalization is GBX 1.87 billion.

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 5th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 3rd will be issued a dividend of GBX 16.30 ($0.23) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 3rd. This represents a yield of 2.31%.

In related news, insider Gibney,John sold 504,740 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 710 ($10.12), for a total transaction of £3,583,654 ($5,105,647.53).

Britvic plc (LON:BVIC) is a United Kingdom-based soft drinks company. The Company offers sparkling sodas, sophisticated juice drinks, ice tea, squash, syrups, mineral waters, mixers and energy drinks. The Company’s brand portfolio in Great Britain includes Robinsons, Tango, J2O and Fruit Shoot with PepsiCo brands, such as Pepsi and 7UP. Britvic produces and sells its products in Great Britain and Ireland under PepsiCo agreements. The Company’s brands in the island of Ireland include Ballygowan, MiWadi, Club and TK. The Company’s brands in France include Teisseire, Fruite, Pressade, Moulin de Valdonne, Fruit Shoot and Sicilia.

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