Wayne Byres Acquires 500 Shares of ASX Limited (ASX:ASX) Stock

ASX Limited (ASX:ASX) insider Wayne Byres acquired 500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 14th. The shares were bought at an average cost of A$67.24 ($42.83) per share, for a total transaction of A$33,620.00 ($21,414.01).

ASX Stock Performance

The stock has a market cap of $12.86 billion, a PE ratio of 33.19, a P/E/G ratio of 6.67 and a beta of 0.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.98, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a current ratio of 1.12.

ASX Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a Interim dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 20th will be issued a dividend of $1.112 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. This represents a yield of 1.66%. ASX’s dividend payout ratio is presently 87.35%.

About ASX

ASX Limited operates as a multi-asset class and integrated exchange company in Australia and internationally. The company provides education programs, research and insights, investor access and peer group networking; distribution facility for quoted exchange traded funds (ETFs) and debt securities. It is also involved in the trading of futures and options on interest rate, equity index, agriculture and energy products, and options over individual securities; cash market trading of equities, warrants, exchange-traded funds, and debt securities; and clearing of exchange-traded derivatives and over-the-counter interest rate and equity derivatives.