Assura (LON:AGR) Trading 11.6% Higher - Time to Buy?

Assura Plc (LON:AGR - Get Free Report)'s stock price traded up 11.6% during mid-day trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as GBX 46.20 ($0.58) and last traded at GBX 43.52 ($0.55). 212,891,641 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 1,382% from the average session volume of 14,366,552 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 39 ($0.49).

Assura Stock Up 0.1 %

The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 37.79 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 39.75. The company has a market capitalization of £1.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -41.54, 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.

Assura Announces Dividend

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

About Assura

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.