Louise Smalley Purchases 5,050 Shares of Informa plc (LON:INF) Stock

Informa plc (LON:INF) insider Louise Smalley bought 5,050 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 19th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 779 ($10.06) per share, with a total value of £39,339.50 ($50,793.42).

Informa Stock Performance

LON INF opened at GBX 785.20 ($10.14) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 31.98, a current ratio of 0.56 and a quick ratio of 1.70. Informa plc has a 1 year low of GBX 730.80 ($9.44) and a 1 year high of GBX 911.60 ($11.77). The company has a market capitalization of £10.33 billion, a PE ratio of 33.81, a P/E/G ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 834.70 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 829.62.

Informa (LON:INF) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 50.40 ($0.65) EPS for the quarter. Informa had a net margin of 9.30% and a return on equity of 4.75%. As a group, analysts expect that Informa plc will post 59.3240265 earnings per share for the current year.

Informa Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 29th will be given a GBX 13.60 ($0.18) dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 29th. This represents a yield of 1.77%. This is an increase from Informa’s previous dividend of $6.40. Informa’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 81.82%.

About Informa

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.