NEXT plc (LON:NXT) Insider Jeremy Stakol Acquires 270 Shares

NEXT plc (LON:NXT - Get Free Report) insider Jeremy Stakol acquired 270 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 23rd. The stock was purchased at an average cost of £118.55 ($157.86) per share, for a total transaction of £32,008.50 ($42,621.17).

NEXT Trading Up 1.3 %

LON NXT traded up GBX 150 ($2.00) on Friday, reaching £120.40 ($160.32). The company had a trading volume of 1,435,827 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,576,245. The business has a 50 day moving average of £106.46 and a two-hundred day moving average of £100.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 76.08, a current ratio of 1.68 and a quick ratio of 1.07. The firm has a market cap of £14.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.11, a P/E/G ratio of 5.66 and a beta of 1.37. NEXT plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 8,598 ($114.49) and a fifty-two week high of £122.25 ($162.78).

NEXT (LON:NXT - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, March 27th. The company reported GBX 615.10 ($8.19) EPS for the quarter. NEXT had a return on equity of 55.99% and a net margin of 13.77%. Analysts forecast that NEXT plc will post 660.7526882 EPS for the current year.

NEXT Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, August 25th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 17th will be paid a GBX 208 ($2.77) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 17th. This is an increase from NEXT's previous dividend of $75.00. NEXT's payout ratio is presently 32.49%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Shore Capital restated a "buy" rating on shares of NEXT in a research report on Thursday, March 27th.

NEXT Company Profile

Founded as a tailoring business in Leeds in 1864 by Joseph Hepworth and Son, today, the company offers clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty and home products to our UK and International customers. NEXT has over 500 stores in the United Kingdom and Eire, and over 180 franchise branches across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.