Smiths Group plc (LON:SMIN - Get Free Report) crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 1,806.80 ($23.94) and traded as high as GBX 1,810 ($23.98). Smiths Group shares last traded at GBX 1,794 ($23.77), with a volume of 3,847,979 shares trading hands.
Smiths Group Stock Performance
The company's fifty day moving average price is GBX 1,932.50 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 1,807.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.55, a quick ratio of 1.29 and a current ratio of 2.07. The firm has a market capitalization of £6.15 billion, a PE ratio of 25.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.66.
Smiths Group (LON:SMIN - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 25th. The company reported GBX 55.50 ($0.74) earnings per share for the quarter. Smiths Group had a net margin of 7.98% and a return on equity of 11.54%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Smiths Group plc will post 85.1295337 earnings per share for the current year.
Smiths Group Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 10th were paid a dividend of GBX 36 ($0.48) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 10th. This is a positive change from Smiths Group's previous dividend of $30.20. This represents a yield of 0.71%. Smiths Group's dividend payout ratio is currently 61.13%.
Insider Activity
In other Smiths Group news, insider Richard Howes bought 87 shares of Smiths Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 2,030 ($26.90) per share, for a total transaction of £1,766.10 ($2,340.14). Corporate insiders own 0.61% of the company's stock.
About Smiths Group
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Smiths Group plc operates as an industrial technology company in Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through four businesses: John Crane, Smiths Detection, Flex-Tek, and Smiths Interconnect. The John Crane business offers mechanical seals, seal support systems, power transmission couplings, and specialized filtration systems.
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