OSB Group Plc (LON:OSB) Insider Andy Golding Sells 12,143 Shares

OSB Group Plc (LON:OSB - Get Free Report) insider Andy Golding sold 12,143 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 427 ($5.68), for a total transaction of £51,850.61 ($68,941.11).

Andy Golding also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, March 25th, Andy Golding sold 5,399 shares of OSB Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 449 ($5.97), for a total value of £24,241.51 ($32,231.76).
• On Thursday, March 20th, Andy Golding sold 27,324 shares of OSB Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 464 ($6.17), for a total value of £126,783.36 ($168,572.48).

OSB Group Price Performance

Shares of LON OSB traded up GBX 4.64 ($0.06) during midday trading on Friday, hitting GBX 436.64 ($5.81). 433,980 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,763,268. OSB Group Plc has a twelve month low of GBX 343.60 ($4.57) and a twelve month high of GBX 533.50 ($7.09). The firm has a market cap of £1.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 4.35 and a beta of 1.41. The stock's 50 day moving average price is GBX 428.71 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 403.51.

OSB Group (LON:OSB - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 14th. The company reported GBX 82.20 ($1.09) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. OSB Group had a return on equity of 18.78% and a net margin of 27.26%. On average, analysts expect that OSB Group Plc will post 85.1214128 EPS for the current fiscal year.

OSB Group Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 3rd were issued a dividend of GBX 22.90 ($0.30) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 3rd. This represents a yield of 4.99%. OSB Group's payout ratio is 32.89%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Shore Capital reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of OSB Group in a research note on Friday, March 14th.

OSB Group Company Profile

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.