Macfarlane Group PLC (LON:MACF - Get Free Report) insider Ivor Gray sold 15,397 shares of Macfarlane Group stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 104 ($1.34), for a total transaction of £16,012.88 ($20,688.48).
Macfarlane Group Price Performance
MACF stock remained flat at GBX 101 ($1.30) during trading on Tuesday. The company had a trading volume of 1,405,112 shares, compared to its average volume of 397,488. Macfarlane Group PLC has a 1 year low of GBX 99.20 ($1.28) and a 1 year high of GBX 147.50 ($1.91). The stock has a market cap of £159.69 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.83 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 44.58, a quick ratio of 0.79 and a current ratio of 1.20. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 105.11 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 108.44.
Macfarlane Group (LON:MACF - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 9.76 ($0.13) earnings per share for the quarter. Macfarlane Group had a return on equity of 12.67% and a net margin of 5.47%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Macfarlane Group PLC will post 7.4677529 earnings per share for the current year.
Macfarlane Group Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 13th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be given a dividend of GBX 2.70 ($0.03) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.62%. This is a positive change from Macfarlane Group's previous dividend of $0.96. Macfarlane Group's dividend payout ratio is currently 42.88%.
About Macfarlane Group
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Macfarlane Group PLC, through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes protective packaging products to businesses in the United Kingdom and Europe. The company operates through Packaging Distribution and Manufacturing Operations segments. The Packaging Distribution segment distributes packaging materials in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Europe.
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