Vesuvius plc (LON:VSVS) Insider Patrick André Sells 156,406 Shares

Vesuvius plc (LON:VSVS - Get Free Report) insider Patrick André sold 156,406 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 390 ($5.04), for a total value of £609,983.40 ($787,583.47).

Vesuvius Stock Down 0.2 %

LON:VSVS traded down GBX 0.96 ($0.01) on Friday, hitting GBX 394.04 ($5.09). The stock had a trading volume of 1,779,520 shares, compared to its average volume of 966,908. The business's fifty day moving average is GBX 405 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 399.56. The company has a market cap of £1.01 billion, a PE ratio of 10.19, a P/E/G ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 1.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 41.62. Vesuvius plc has a 52 week low of GBX 349 ($4.51) and a 52 week high of GBX 509 ($6.57).

Vesuvius (LON:VSVS - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The company reported GBX 43.30 ($0.56) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Vesuvius had a return on equity of 8.49% and a net margin of 5.56%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Vesuvius plc will post 51.3945695 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Vesuvius Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 6th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be paid a GBX 16.40 ($0.21) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 24th. This is an increase from Vesuvius's previous dividend of $7.10. This represents a dividend yield of 4.14%. Vesuvius's dividend payout ratio is 59.48%.

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Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Berenberg Bank upped their target price on Vesuvius from GBX 530 ($6.84) to GBX 580 ($7.49) and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th.

Vesuvius Company Profile

We are a global leader in metal flow engineering, providing a full range of engineering services and solutions to its customers worldwide, principally serving the steel and foundry industries.