Ramsdens (LON:RFX) Reaches New 1-Year High - Here's Why

Ramsdens Holdings PLC (LON:RFX - Get Free Report) shares hit a new 52-week high on Monday . The stock traded as high as GBX 250 ($3.15) and last traded at GBX 247 ($3.11), with a volume of 154249 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 245 ($3.08).

Ramsdens Price Performance

The firm's 50-day moving average price is GBX 233.58 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 222.25. The stock has a market cap of £78.48 million, a PE ratio of 9.99 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a current ratio of 3.14, a quick ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 33.70.

Ramsdens (LON:RFX - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 14th. The company reported GBX 26.10 ($0.33) earnings per share for the quarter. Ramsdens had a net margin of 8.78% and a return on equity of 15.34%. On average, equities analysts expect that Ramsdens Holdings PLC will post 20.0899991 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Ramsdens Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, February 13th will be paid a dividend of GBX 7.60 ($0.10) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 3.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. This is a positive change from Ramsdens's previous dividend of $3.60. Ramsdens's payout ratio is 44.86%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Ramsdens news, insider Peter Edward Kenyon sold 90,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 226 ($2.84), for a total transaction of £203,400 ($256,010.07). 19.77% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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