RWS Holdings plc (LON:RWS - Get Free Report)'s share price passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 168.08 ($2.06) and traded as high as GBX 178 ($2.18). RWS shares last traded at GBX 176.39 ($2.16), with a volume of 848,535 shares trading hands.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of research firms have weighed in on RWS. Shore Capital reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of RWS in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Berenberg Bank reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 330 ($4.04) target price on shares of RWS in a research report on Thursday, December 12th.
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RWS Stock Down 7.5 %
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.66, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a current ratio of 1.54. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 164.84 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 168.04. The stock has a market capitalization of £603.18 million, a P/E ratio of -1,817.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 0.76.
RWS Increases Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 16th will be issued a GBX 9.80 ($0.12) dividend. This represents a yield of 3.96%. This is an increase from RWS's previous dividend of $2.40. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 16th. RWS's dividend payout ratio is presently -13,333.33%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, insider Ian El Mokadem purchased 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 31st. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 149 ($1.82) per share, for a total transaction of £7,450 ($9,115.38). Company insiders own 46.21% of the company's stock.
About RWS
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RWS Holdings plc is a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content and intellectual property services. Through content transformation and multilingual data analysis, our unique combination of technology and cultural expertise helps our clients to grow by ensuring they are understood anywhere, in any language.
Our purpose is unlocking global understanding.
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