Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) Hits New 12-Month High - Here's Why

Shares of Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW - Get Free Report) hit a new 52-week high on Friday . The company traded as high as £135.30 ($170.34) and last traded at £132.50 ($166.81), with a volume of 620239 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at £117.10 ($147.43).

Games Workshop Group Stock Performance

The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of £113.87 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of £105.91. The stock has a market cap of £4.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,943.36, a P/E/G ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.77, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a current ratio of 3.29.

Games Workshop Group Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 29th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 24th will be issued a GBX 85 ($1.07) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 24th. Games Workshop Group's dividend payout ratio is presently 8,169.93%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Games Workshop Group

In other news, insider Kevin Rountree acquired 143 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 16th. The shares were bought at an average price of £105.26 ($132.52) per share, with a total value of £15,052.18 ($18,950.25). Company insiders own 0.58% of the company's stock.

About Games Workshop Group

Games Workshop Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Core and Licensing. The company offers games under the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, and Warhammer 40,000 names, as well as Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl.