News articles about Luby’s (NYSE:LUB) have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Luby’s earned a media sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave headlines about the restaurant operator an impact score of 47.3773507317498 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the immediate future.
Luby’s (NYSE LUB) traded down 2.44% during trading on Monday, hitting $2.80. 15,905 shares of the company were exchanged. The company’s market capitalization is $81.53 million. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $2.94 and its 200-day moving average is $3.15. Luby’s has a 12 month low of $2.45 and a 12 month high of $4.64.
Luby’s (NYSE:LUB) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 12th. The restaurant operator reported ($0.02) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Luby’s had a negative return on equity of 4.97% and a negative net margin of 6.96%. The firm had revenue of $88.72 million for the quarter. Equities research analysts anticipate that Luby’s will post ($0.07) earnings per share for the current year.
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In related news, Director Harris J. Pappas bought 127,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 6th. The stock was bought at an average price of $3.21 per share, with a total value of $407,670.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director now directly owns 3,961,031 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,714,909.51. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Christopher James Pappas bought 10,489 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 1st. The shares were bought at an average cost of $2.88 per share, with a total value of $30,208.32. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 4,169,470 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,008,073.60. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have purchased 375,972 shares of company stock valued at $1,166,957. 35.20% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
About Luby’s
Luby’s, Inc, is a multi-branded company operating in the restaurant industry and in the contract food services industry. The Company is managed through three segments: Company-owned restaurants, franchise operations, and Culinary Contract Services (CSS). The company-owned restaurants brands are Luby’s Cafeteria, Fuddruckers, and Cheeseburger in Paradise with a couple of non-core restaurant locations under other brand names.
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