Beazley plc (LON:BEZ - Get Free Report) announced a dividend on Tuesday, March 4th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, March 20th will be given a dividend of GBX 25 ($0.32) per share on Friday, May 2nd. This represents a dividend yield of 2.77%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 20th. This is a 76.1% increase from Beazley's previous dividend of $14.20. The official announcement can be seen at this link.
Beazley Trading Down 0.4 %
Beazley stock traded down GBX 3.50 ($0.05) on Friday, reaching GBX 862 ($11.13). 3,658,374 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,225,216. The stock has a market cap of £6.63 billion, a PE ratio of 5.40, a PEG ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 0.68. Beazley has a twelve month low of GBX 611 ($7.89) and a twelve month high of GBX 925 ($11.94). The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 850.09 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 806.61.
Beazley (LON:BEZ - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 4th. The company reported GBX 137 ($1.77) EPS for the quarter. Beazley had a net margin of 22.82% and a return on equity of 32.60%. Equities analysts anticipate that Beazley will post 101.6172507 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Beazley announced that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Tuesday, March 4th that allows the company to repurchase $0.00 in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.
Insider Activity at Beazley
In other Beazley news, insider Adrian Cox sold 27,772 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 902 ($11.65), for a total transaction of £250,503.44 ($323,438.92). 2.31% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
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Beazley plc provides risk insurance and reinsurance solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates through Cyber Risks, Digital, MAP Risks, Property Risks, and Specialty Risks segments. The Cyber Risk segment underwrites cyber and technology risks.
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