Insider Buying: Ansell Limited (ASX:ANN) Insider Purchases A$36,700.00 in Stock

Ansell Limited (ASX:ANN) insider Nigel Garrard acquired 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 12th. The shares were bought at an average cost of A$36.70 ($23.53) per share, for a total transaction of A$36,700.00 ($23,525.64).

Ansell Stock Performance

The stock has a market cap of $3.33 billion, a PE ratio of 39.82, a P/E/G ratio of -14.40 and a beta of 0.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 45.24, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a current ratio of 3.84.

Ansell Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a Interim dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 5th will be paid a $0.353 dividend. This is an increase from Ansell’s previous Interim dividend of $0.25. This represents a yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. Ansell’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 67.06%.

Ansell Company Profile

Ansell Limited designs, develops, and manufactures protection solutions in the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and North America. It operates in two segments, Healthcare and Industrial. The Healthcare segment manufactures and markets solutions comprising surgical gloves, single use and examination gloves, and clean and sterile gloves and garments, as well as consumables used by hospitals, surgical centers, dental practices, veterinary clinics, first responders, manufacturers, auto repair shops, chemical plants, laboratories, and life sciences and pharmaceutical companies.