Insider Buying: Informa plc (LON:INF) Insider Purchases 2,200 Shares of Stock

Informa plc (LON:INF) insider Catherine Levene bought 2,200 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 14th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 766 ($9.96) per share, with a total value of £16,852 ($21,908.48).

Informa Trading Up 0.4 %

Shares of INF stock opened at GBX 771.20 ($10.03) on Wednesday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 835.20 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 830.50. Informa plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 730.80 ($9.50) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 911.60 ($11.85). The stock has a market capitalization of £10.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.21, a P/E/G ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a quick ratio of 1.70, a current ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 31.98.

Informa (LON:INF) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 50.40 ($0.66) earnings per share for the quarter. Informa had a return on equity of 4.75% and a net margin of 9.30%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Informa plc will post 59.3240265 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Informa Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 29th will be issued a dividend of GBX 13.60 ($0.18) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 1.77%. This is an increase from Informa’s previous dividend of $6.40. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 29th. Informa’s dividend payout ratio is currently 81.82%.

Informa Company Profile

Informa (LSE:INF.L) is a leading international Information Services, Advanced Learning, B2B Exhibitions and Events Group. We’re here to champion the specialist. Through hundreds of brands and a range of products and services, we connect businesses and professionals with the knowledge they need to learn more, know more and do more.