OSB Group Plc (LON:OSB - Get Free Report)'s share price crossed above its 50 day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 430.28 ($5.73) and traded as high as GBX 453.80 ($6.04). OSB Group shares last traded at GBX 448.66 ($5.97), with a volume of 620,909 shares.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Separately, Shore Capital restated a "buy" rating on shares of OSB Group in a research report on Friday, March 14th.
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OSB Group Trading Up 1.5 %
The stock has a market capitalization of £1.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 4.60 and a beta of 1.41. The stock's fifty day moving average price is GBX 431.82 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 406.03.
OSB Group (LON:OSB - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 14th. The company reported GBX 82.20 ($1.09) earnings per share for the quarter. OSB Group had a return on equity of 18.78% and a net margin of 27.26%. As a group, analysts expect that OSB Group Plc will post 85.1214128 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
OSB Group Dividend Announcement
The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 3rd were issued a GBX 22.90 ($0.30) dividend. This represents a yield of 4.99%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 3rd. OSB Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 32.89%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, insider Victoria Hyde sold 1,137 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 455 ($6.06), for a total transaction of £5,173.35 ($6,888.62). Also, insider Andy Golding sold 27,324 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 464 ($6.18), for a total value of £126,783.36 ($168,819.39). In the last ninety days, insiders sold 46,003 shares of company stock worth $20,804,883. 0.85% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
About OSB Group
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OSB Group Plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialist mortgage lending and retail savings company in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands. It provides private rented sector related buy-to-let, commercial and semi-commercial mortgages, residential development finance, secured funding, bridging, and asset finance services.
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