Insider Buying: Shaftesbury Capital PLC (LON:SHC) Insider Acquires 40,000 Shares of Stock

Shaftesbury Capital PLC (LON:SHC - Get Free Report) insider Madeleine Cosgrave bought 40,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 28th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 127 ($1.66) per share, for a total transaction of £50,800 ($66,561.84).

Shaftesbury Capital Price Performance

SHC stock traded down GBX 6.30 ($0.08) during trading on Friday, hitting GBX 121.10 ($1.59). 168,744,531 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 10,590,166. The stock has a market cap of £2.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 58.91 and a beta of 1.15. Shaftesbury Capital PLC has a 1 year low of GBX 113 ($1.48) and a 1 year high of GBX 156.30 ($2.05). The firm's 50 day moving average is GBX 122.06 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 130.45.

Shaftesbury Capital (LON:SHC - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 4 ($0.05) earnings per share for the quarter. Shaftesbury Capital had a net margin of 16.37% and a return on equity of 1.07%. As a group, analysts anticipate that Shaftesbury Capital PLC will post 5.0712105 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Shaftesbury Capital Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 24th will be given a dividend of GBX 1.80 ($0.02) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 24th. This is a boost from Shaftesbury Capital's previous dividend of $1.70. This represents a dividend yield of 1.54%. Shaftesbury Capital's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 145.94%.

Shaftesbury Capital Company Profile

Shaftesbury Capital PLC ("Shaftesbury Capital") is the leading central London mixed-use REIT and is a constituent of the FTSE-250 Index. Our property portfolio, valued at £4.8 billion, extends to 2.7 million square feet of lettable space across the most vibrant areas of London's West End. With a diverse mix of shops, restaurants, cafés, bars, residential apartments and offices, our destinations include the high footfall, thriving neighbourhoods of Covent Garden, Carnaby, Soho and Chinatown.