Duncan Cooper Sells 5,238 Shares of Travis Perkins plc (LON:TPK) Stock

Travis Perkins plc (LON:TPK) insider Duncan Cooper sold 5,238 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 508 ($6.49), for a total transaction of £26,609.04 ($34,000.82).

Travis Perkins Price Performance

TPK opened at GBX 508 ($6.49) on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.65, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 48.33. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 610.18 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 724.46. The company has a market capitalization of £1.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -61.50, a PEG ratio of 6.44 and a beta of 1.52. Travis Perkins plc has a 12-month low of GBX 477.37 ($6.10) and a 12-month high of GBX 976 ($12.47).

Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 1st. The company reported GBX 36.60 ($0.47) earnings per share for the quarter. Travis Perkins had a negative return on equity of 0.85% and a negative net margin of 0.37%. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Travis Perkins plc will post 59.251837 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Travis Perkins Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, August 25th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 22nd will be issued a GBX 18.55 ($0.24) dividend. This is a positive change from Travis Perkins’s previous dividend of $5.50. This represents a yield of 1.64%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 22nd. Travis Perkins’s payout ratio is currently -133.17%.

About Travis Perkins

Travis Perkins plc engages in distribution of building material products in the United Kingdom. It operates through Merchanting and Toolstation segments. The company offers tools and building supplies. It also distributes pipeline products, as well as supplies managed services, and commercial and industrial heating and cooling solutions.