Assura (LON:AGR) Trading 18.1% Higher - Still a Buy?

Shares of Assura Plc (LON:AGR - Get Free Report) rose 18.1% during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as GBX 46.20 ($0.58) and last traded at GBX 46.04 ($0.58). Approximately 186,428,844 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 1,274% from the average daily volume of 13,564,649 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 39 ($0.49).

Assura Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of £1.42 billion, a PE ratio of -41.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 0.37. The company has a current ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 2.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.05. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 37.79 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 39.75.

Assura Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 12th were given a dividend of GBX 0.84 ($0.01) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 12th. This represents a yield of 2.12%. Assura's payout ratio is -286.76%.

Assura Company Profile

Assura plc is a specialist healthcare property investor and developer. We enable better health outcomes through our portfolio of more than 600 healthcare buildings across the UK and Ireland, from which over six million patients are served. We BUILD for health, having developed over 100 new healthcare buildings in our history, and at the heart of our strategy sits The Bigger Picture; Healthy Environment (E), Healthy Communities (S), Healthy Business (G). Assura plc achieved B Corp certification in July 2024 - the first FTSE 250 business to do so.