Smiths Group plc (LON:SMIN - Get Free Report) announced a dividend on Tuesday, March 25th, Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, April 10th will be given a dividend of GBX 36 ($0.47) per share on Thursday, April 17th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 10th. This is a 19.2% increase from Smiths Group's previous dividend of $30.20. The official announcement can be seen at this link.
Smiths Group Price Performance
LON:SMIN traded down GBX 5 ($0.06) during trading hours on Friday, hitting GBX 1,952 ($25.27). The company's stock had a trading volume of 5,811,078 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,422,063. Smiths Group has a 52-week low of GBX 1,514.66 ($19.60) and a 52-week high of GBX 2,188 ($28.32). 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 business's 50-day moving average is GBX 1,995.98 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 1,806.19. The company has a market capitalization of £6.65 billion, a PE ratio of 27.12, a PEG ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.66.
Smiths Group (LON:SMIN - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 25th. The company reported GBX 55.50 ($0.72) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Smiths Group had a net margin of 7.98% and a return on equity of 11.54%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Smiths Group will post 85.1295337 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Insider Activity
In other news, insider Richard Howes bought 87 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 2,030 ($26.27) per share, with a total value of £1,766.10 ($2,285.92). Insiders own 0.61% of the company's stock.
Smiths Group Company Profile
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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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