Empiric Student Property Plc (LON:ESP) Insider Acquires 20,876 Shares

Empiric Student Property Plc (LON:ESP - Get Free Report) insider Donald Grant bought 20,876 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 17th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 95 ($1.24) per share, with a total value of £19,832.20 ($25,897.36).

Empiric Student Property Stock Up 1.5 %

Shares of ESP traded up GBX 1.40 ($0.02) on Friday, hitting GBX 95.80 ($1.25). The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,651,737 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,397,722. The company has a quick ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.27. The firm's fifty day moving average price is GBX 97.48 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 94.53. Empiric Student Property Plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 82.20 ($1.07) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 100 ($1.31). The firm has a market capitalization of £578.16 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,061.11, a P/E/G ratio of 2.03 and a beta of 1.05.

Empiric Student Property Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 5th were given a GBX 0.88 ($0.01) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 5th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.89%. Empiric Student Property's dividend payout ratio is presently 4,444.44%.

Empiric Student Property Company Profile

Empiric Student Property plc is a leading provider and operator of modern, predominantly direct-let, premium student accommodation serving key UK universities. Investing in both operating and development assets, Empiric is a fully integrated operational student property business focused on premium studio-led accommodation managed through its Hello Student operating platform, that is attractive to affluent growing student segments.