Essentra plc (LON:ESNT) Insider Steve Good Buys 35,000 Shares

Posted by ABMN Staff on Mar 23rd, 2025

Essentra plc (LON:ESNT – Get Free Report) insider Steve Good bought 35,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 109 ($1.41) per share, with a total value of £38,150 ($49,257.59).

Essentra Price Performance

Shares of ESNT opened at GBX 104 ($1.34) on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of £298.93 million, a P/E ratio of 85.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a quick ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 1.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.89. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 119.52 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 137.54. Essentra plc has a twelve month low of GBX 103.80 ($1.34) and a twelve month high of GBX 191.80 ($2.48).

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 (EPS) for the quarter. Essentra had a net margin of 1.13% and a return on equity of 1.28%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Essentra plc will post 524.137931 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Essentra Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of GBX 1.55 ($0.02) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 1.41%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. This is a boost from Essentra’s previous dividend of $1.25. Essentra’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 329.52%.