RWS’s (RWS) Buy Rating Reaffirmed at Shore Capital

Shore Capital reissued their buy rating on shares of RWS (LON:RWS) in a research report released on Thursday morning, MarketBeat Ratings reports.

Separately, Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 330 ($4.17) target price on shares of RWS in a report on Thursday.

RWS Stock Up 0.7 %

Shares of RWS opened at GBX 181.20 ($2.29) on Thursday. RWS has a 1 year low of GBX 129.80 ($1.64) and a 1 year high of GBX 261 ($3.29). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.66, a current ratio of 1.54 and a quick ratio of 1.43. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 151.44 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 168.98. The firm has a market cap of £668.07 million, a P/E ratio of -2,013.33, a P/E/G ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 0.76.

RWS Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 16th will be issued a dividend of GBX 9.80 ($0.12) per share. This is a positive change from RWS’s previous dividend of $2.40. This represents a yield of 3.96%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 16th. RWS’s dividend payout ratio is currently -13,333.33%.

Insider Buying and Selling at RWS

In related news, insider Ian El Mokadem bought 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 31st. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 149 ($1.88) per share, with a total value of £7,450 ($9,403.00). Corporate insiders own 46.21% of the company’s stock.

RWS Company Profile

RWS Holdings plc provides technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property (IP) services. It operates through four segments: Language Services, Regulated Industries, IP Services, and Language and Content Technology. The Language Services segment provides localization services, which includes translation and adaptation of content across a variety of media and materials.