Rowan Baker Purchases 10,036 Shares of Essentra plc (LON:ESNT) Stock

Posted by ABMN Staff on Mar 27th, 2025

Essentra plc (LON:ESNT – Get Free Report) insider Rowan Baker purchased 10,036 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 24th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 104 ($1.34) per share, for a total transaction of £10,437.44 ($13,438.19).

Essentra Stock Performance

Shares of ESNT stock opened at GBX 104.60 ($1.35) on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.97, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.89. The company has a market cap of £300.66 million, a PE ratio of 86.17, a P/E/G ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 1.18. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 118.66 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 136.03. Essentra plc has a 52 week low of GBX 103.60 ($1.33) and a 52 week high of GBX 191.80 ($2.47).

Essentra (LON:ESNT – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March 19th. The company reported GBX 8.50 ($0.11) earnings per share for the quarter. Essentra had a return on equity of 1.28% and a net margin of 1.13%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Essentra plc will post 524.137931 EPS for the current year.

Essentra Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be given a GBX 1.55 ($0.02) dividend. This is a boost from Essentra’s previous dividend of $1.25. This represents a yield of 1.41%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. Essentra’s dividend payout ratio is presently 329.52%.