Lynda Shillaw Acquires 17,291 Shares of Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Lynda Shillaw bought 17,291 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 18th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 174 ($2.26) per share, for a total transaction of £30,086.34 ($39,012.37).

Harworth Group Price Performance

Harworth Group stock opened at GBX 171.50 ($2.22) on Friday. Harworth Group plc has a 12 month low of GBX 125 ($1.62) and a 12 month high of GBX 195 ($2.53). The company has a current ratio of 2.59, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 165.21 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 171.53. The company has a market cap of £564.61 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.31 and a beta of 0.74.

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 18th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.23) EPS for the quarter. Harworth Group had a return on equity of 7.75% and a net margin of 52.25%. Sell-side analysts forecast that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 EPS for the current year.

Harworth Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 24th will be paid a GBX 1.13 ($0.01) dividend. This is an increase from Harworth Group’s previous dividend of $0.49. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 24th. This represents a yield of 0.65%. Harworth Group’s dividend payout ratio is presently 13.18%.

Harworth Group Company Profile

Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments.