Advanced Medical Solutions Group (LON:AMS) Trading Up 1.7% - What's Next?

Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc (LON:AMS - Get Free Report) shares traded up 1.7% during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as GBX 209.50 ($2.67) and last traded at GBX 207 ($2.64). 392,018 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 15% from the average session volume of 461,655 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 203.50 ($2.59).

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Berenberg Bank reissued a "buy" rating and set a GBX 300 ($3.82) price target on shares of Advanced Medical Solutions Group in a research report on Wednesday, September 18th.

Advanced Medical Solutions Group Stock Up 1.7 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.01, a current ratio of 8.39 and a quick ratio of 4.58. The firm's 50 day moving average is GBX 211.02 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 222.90. The firm has a market capitalization of £444.12 million, a P/E ratio of 4,140.00, a PEG ratio of 5.00 and a beta of 0.74.

Advanced Medical Solutions Group Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 25th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 26th were paid a dividend of GBX 0.77 ($0.01) per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 26th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.32%. Advanced Medical Solutions Group's dividend payout ratio is presently 4,000.00%.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Grahame Cook acquired 48,864 shares of Advanced Medical Solutions Group stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 10th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 205 ($2.61) per share, with a total value of £100,171.20 ($127,671.68). Also, insider Eddie Johnson sold 34,235 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 218 ($2.78), for a total transaction of £74,632.30 ($95,121.46). 3.12% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Advanced Medical Solutions Group Company Profile

Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes products for the wound care, surgical, and wound closure markets in the United Kingdom, Germany, rest of Europe, the United States, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Surgical and Woundcare.