Essentra plc (LON:ESNT - Get Free Report) insider Steve Good acquired 35,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 109 ($1.41) per share, for a total transaction of £38,150 ($49,263.95).
Essentra Trading Down 0.6 %
Essentra stock traded down GBX 0.59 ($0.01) during trading hours on Monday, reaching GBX 104.20 ($1.35). 16,341,780 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,979,900. Essentra plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 103.60 ($1.34) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 191.80 ($2.48). The firm's 50 day moving average is GBX 119.52 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 137.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.89, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a current ratio of 1.97. The firm has a market capitalization of £299.51 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 85.84, a PEG ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 1.18.
Essentra (LON:ESNT - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 19th. The company reported GBX 8.50 ($0.11) earnings per share for the quarter. Essentra had a net margin of 1.13% and a return on equity of 1.28%. On average, analysts predict that Essentra plc will post 524.137931 earnings per share for the current year.
Essentra Increases Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, May 15th will be issued a GBX 1.55 ($0.02) dividend. This represents a yield of 1.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 15th. This is an increase from Essentra's previous dividend of $1.25. Essentra's dividend payout ratio is currently 329.52%.
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