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Essentra (LON:ESNT) Hits New 12-Month Low - What's Next?

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Essentra plc (LON:ESNT - Get Free Report)'s stock price hit a new 52-week low during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as GBX 102.65 ($1.33) and last traded at GBX 103.40 ($1.34), with a volume of 29734020 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 104.40 ($1.35).

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Berenberg Bank reissued a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 170 ($2.20) target price on shares of Essentra in a research report on Wednesday, March 26th.

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Essentra Stock Performance

The stock's 50-day moving average price is GBX 117.84 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 135.20. The company has a current ratio of 1.97, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.89. The company has a market capitalization of £285.71 million, a P/E ratio of 81.88, a P/E/G ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 1.18.

Essentra (LON:ESNT - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, March 19th. The company reported GBX 8.50 ($0.11) EPS for the quarter. Essentra had a net margin of 1.13% and a return on equity of 1.28%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Essentra plc will post 524.137931 EPS for the current year.

Essentra Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of GBX 1.55 ($0.02) per share. This is a positive change from Essentra's previous dividend of $1.25. This represents a yield of 1.41%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. Essentra's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 329.52%.

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Insider Activity at Essentra

In related news, insider Rowan Baker acquired 10,036 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 24th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 104 ($1.34) per share, with a total value of £10,437.44 ($13,495.53). Also, insider Steve Good purchased 35,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 20th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 109 ($1.41) per share, for a total transaction of £38,150 ($49,327.64). Company insiders own 0.99% of the company's stock.

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