Howden Joinery stock slips after buyback update and board trades

Published on 09/14/2026 at 22:28 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Howden Joinery stock traded at 741.5p on September 11, 2026, after a buyback update. TipRanks shows a Hold rating and a GBX 847 target.

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Howden Joinery stock (ISIN GB0002148369) was last quoted at 741.5p on September 11, 2026, the same price that appears in the latest share dealing notice from the company.

Buyback and board dealing

According to TradingView, Howden Joinery Group PLC said on September 14, 2026 that PDMRs bought Partnership Shares through the company's Share Incentive Plan at 741.5p per share on September 11, 2026. The filing also said Andrew Livingston bought 21 shares, Austin Cooke bought 21 and received 7 matching shares, and George Julian Lee bought 20 shares.

The same notice places the transaction on the London Stock Exchange and gives GBP 155.72 as the total for the 21-share purchase. A first signal.

Target stays at 847p

According to TipRanks, the most recent analyst rating on Howden Joinery stock is Hold with a GBX 847.00 price target, and the page also lists a current market cap of GBP 4.04 billion on September 14, 2026. TipRanks frames the note around the company's cancellation of 525,000 shares in the latest buyback.

For investors, the gap between 741.5p and 847p leaves the shares about 14.2 percent below that target, while the market cap remains at GBP 4.04 billion.

Trading near support

According to MarketBeat, the stock traded at GBX 736.50 and had a 52-week low of GBX 713 and a 52-week high of GBX 981. The same page says JPMorgan lifted its target to GBX 955 from GBX 900, Berenberg kept a Buy rating with GBX 1,075, Deutsche Bank kept a Buy rating with GBX 1,210, RBC moved to Sector Perform with GBX 960, and Jefferies kept Hold with GBX 847.

MarketBeat also cites a consensus Hold rating and a consensus target of GBX 1,009.40. That leaves the stock roughly 26 percent below the consensus level and only 3.3 percent above the 52-week low.

Howden Joinery stock today

Howden Joinery stock closed around the upper end of its recent range on September 11, 2026, at 741.5p, versus a 52-week band of 713p to 981p. The stock remains below the analyst consensus target of GBX 1,009.40 and the TipRanks target of GBX 847, while the company action centers on the latest buyback and share-plan transactions.