Doug McCutcheon Acquires 50,000 Shares of Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) Stock

Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) insider Doug McCutcheon acquired 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 23rd. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 328 ($4.09) per share, with a total value of £164,000 ($204,718.51).

Worldwide Healthcare Trading Up 0.3 %

WWH stock opened at GBX 328.61 ($4.10) on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 324.22 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 344.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.60, a current ratio of 0.29 and a quick ratio of 0.43. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2,190.73 and a beta of 0.29. Worldwide Healthcare has a fifty-two week low of GBX 309 ($3.86) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 372.50 ($4.65).

Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November 15th. The investment trust reported GBX 1.40 ($0.02) EPS for the quarter.

Worldwide Healthcare Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 9th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 28th were issued a dividend of GBX 0.70 ($0.01) per share. This represents a yield of 0.21%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 28th. Worldwide Healthcare’s dividend payout ratio is presently -2,000.00%.

Worldwide Healthcare Company Profile

Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC is a closed-ended investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: WWH).

WWH invests in the global healthcare sector with the objective of achieving a high level of capital growth. WWH invests worldwide in a diversified portfolio of shares in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and related securities in the healthcare sector.