Seplat Energy Plc (LON:SEPL) Insider Buys £20,000 in Stock

Seplat Energy Plc (LON:SEPL - Get Free Report) insider Udoma Udo Udoma acquired 10,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 19th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 200 ($2.50) per share, with a total value of £20,000 ($24,996.88).

Seplat Energy Stock Performance

Shares of SEPL stock traded up GBX 2 ($0.02) during midday trading on Thursday, hitting GBX 198 ($2.47). 162,673 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 225,318. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 1,800.00, a PEG ratio of 0.09 and a beta of 0.45. The firm's 50 day moving average price is GBX 214.63 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 199.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 42.43, a quick ratio of 1.40 and a current ratio of 1.48. Seplat Energy Plc has a 52 week low of GBX 120.60 ($1.51) and a 52 week high of GBX 243 ($3.04).

Seplat Energy Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 27th. Investors of record on Monday, November 11th were given a dividend of $0.04 per share. This is a boost from Seplat Energy's previous dividend of $0.03. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 11th. This represents a yield of 1.2%. Seplat Energy's dividend payout ratio is currently 8,181.82%.

About Seplat Energy

Seplat Energy Plc engages in the oil and gas exploration and production, and gas processing activities in Nigeria, the Bahamas, Italy, Switzerland, Barbados, and England. It operates through two segments, Oil and Gas. The Oil segment explores, develops, and produces crude oil. Its Gas segment produces and processes gas.