Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG - Get Free Report)'s share price passed below its two hundred day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 171.67 ($2.19) and traded as low as GBX 162.50 ($2.07). Harworth Group shares last traded at GBX 168.50 ($2.14), with a volume of 212,403 shares.
Harworth Group Trading Up 1.8 %
The firm's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 166.49 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 171.35. The stock has a market capitalization of £544.86 million, a P/E ratio of 10.91 and a beta of 0.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a current ratio of 2.59.
Harworth Group (LON:HWG - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 18th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.23) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Harworth Group had a net margin of 52.25% and a return on equity of 7.75%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Harworth Group Increases Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 24th will be paid a GBX 1.13 ($0.01) dividend. This is a positive change from Harworth Group's previous dividend of $0.49. This represents a dividend yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 24th. Harworth Group's payout ratio is currently 13.18%.
Insider Buying and Selling at Harworth Group
In other Harworth Group news, insider Lynda Shillaw bought 17,291 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 18th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 174 ($2.21) per share, for a total transaction of £30,086.34 ($38,297.28). Also, insider Katerina Patmore purchased 6,310 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 170 ($2.16) per share, for a total transaction of £10,727 ($13,654.53). In the last 90 days, insiders bought 23,783 shares of company stock valued at $4,111,273. 53.39% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
About Harworth Group
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Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments.
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