Vesuvius plc (LON:VSVS - Get Free Report) shares crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 399.41 ($5.17) and traded as high as GBX 405 ($5.24). Vesuvius shares last traded at GBX 391.50 ($5.07), with a volume of 13,405,566 shares changing hands.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Separately, Berenberg Bank raised their price objective on Vesuvius from GBX 530 ($6.86) to GBX 580 ($7.51) and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, December 10th.
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Vesuvius Trading Down 0.6 %
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 41.62, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 1.57. The company has a market capitalization of £1.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.37, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.20. The company's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 404.80 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 399.62.
Vesuvius (LON:VSVS - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 7th. The company reported GBX 43.30 ($0.56) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Vesuvius had a net margin of 5.56% and a return on equity of 8.49%. Research analysts predict that Vesuvius plc will post 51.3945695 earnings per share for the current year.
Vesuvius Increases Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 6th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be paid a dividend of GBX 16.40 ($0.21) per share. This is an increase from Vesuvius's previous dividend of $7.10. This represents a dividend yield of 4.14%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 24th. Vesuvius's payout ratio is presently 59.48%.
Insider Buying and Selling at Vesuvius
In other news, insider Patrick André sold 156,406 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 390 ($5.05), for a total value of £609,983.40 ($789,520.32). Company insiders own 1.28% of the company's stock.
About Vesuvius
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We are a global leader in metal flow engineering, providing a full range of engineering services and solutions to its customers worldwide, principally serving the steel and foundry industries.
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