Anpario plc (LON:ANP) Insider Acquires £15,036.44 in Stock

Anpario plc (LON:ANP) insider Marc Wilson purchased 3,778 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 1st. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 398 ($5.21) per share, with a total value of £15,036.44 ($19,701.83).

Anpario Stock Down 7.0 %

ANP opened at GBX 351.50 ($4.61) on Friday. Anpario plc has a twelve month low of GBX 229.50 ($3.01) and a twelve month high of GBX 488.55 ($6.40). The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 428.63 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 377.29. The stock has a market cap of £59.97 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.41 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a quick ratio of 5.16, a current ratio of 6.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10.

Anpario (LON:ANP) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, March 31st. The company reported GBX 28.40 ($0.37) earnings per share for the quarter. Anpario had a return on equity of 8.74% and a net margin of 9.23%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Anpario plc will post 23.5757801 earnings per share for the current year.

Anpario Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 25th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 10th will be paid a GBX 8 ($0.10) dividend. This is an increase from Anpario’s previous dividend of $3.25. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 10th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.09%. Anpario’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 60.74%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts recently weighed in on ANP shares. Shore Capital restated a “house stock” rating on shares of Anpario in a report on Monday. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their target price on Anpario from GBX 380 ($4.98) to GBX 500 ($6.55) and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th.

About Anpario

Anpario plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of natural feed additives for animal health, hygiene, and nutrition. Its health and performance category offers various products that support and maintain animal gut health, such as phytogenic and acid based eubiotics, and omega fatty acids under the Orego-Stim, Optomega, pHorce, Salkil, and Genex brands; feed quality category provides products, such as enzymes, antioxidants, pellet binders, mould inhibitors, and acid based eubiotics under the pHorce, Feedzyme, Salgard, Oxigard, Moldgard, and Mastercube brands.