Anpario plc (LON:ANP) Insider Marc Wilson Acquires 3,778 Shares

Anpario plc (LON:ANP - Get Free Report) insider Marc Wilson purchased 3,778 shares of Anpario stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 398 ($5.13) per share, for a total transaction of £15,036.44 ($19,381.85).

Anpario Trading Up 5.0 %

Shares of Anpario stock traded up GBX 16.25 ($0.21) on Monday, hitting GBX 341.25 ($4.40). 142,018 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 55,875. The stock has a market capitalization of £58.22 million, a PE ratio of 18.84 and a beta of 0.58. Anpario plc has a one year low of GBX 229.50 ($2.96) and a one year high of GBX 488.55 ($6.30). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a current ratio of 6.15 and a quick ratio of 5.16. The firm's 50-day moving average price is GBX 426.24 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 378.30.

Anpario (LON:ANP - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 31st. The company reported GBX 28.40 ($0.37) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Anpario had a net margin of 9.23% and a return on equity of 8.74%. On average, research analysts expect that Anpario plc will post 23.5757801 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Anpario Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 25th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 10th will be issued a dividend of GBX 8 ($0.10) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 10th. This is an increase from Anpario's previous dividend of $3.25. This represents a yield of 2.09%. Anpario's payout ratio is presently 60.74%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Shore Capital reissued a "house stock" rating on shares of Anpario in a report on Monday, March 31st. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price objective on Anpario from GBX 380 ($4.90) to GBX 500 ($6.44) and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th.

Anpario Company Profile

Anpario plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of natural feed additives for animal health, hygiene, and nutrition. Its health and performance category offers various products that support and maintain animal gut health, such as phytogenic and acid based eubiotics, and omega fatty acids under the Orego-Stim, Optomega, pHorce, Salkil, and Genex brands; feed quality category provides products, such as enzymes, antioxidants, pellet binders, mould inhibitors, and acid based eubiotics under the pHorce, Feedzyme, Salgard, Oxigard, Moldgard, and Mastercube brands.