Insider Buying: Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) Insider Purchases £30,086.34 in Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Lynda Shillaw acquired 17,291 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 18th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 174 ($2.25) per share, for a total transaction of £30,086.34 ($38,846.15).

Harworth Group Price Performance

Shares of LON HWG opened at GBX 168 ($2.17) on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 165.39 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 171.50. The stock has a market capitalization of £553.09 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.07 and a beta of 0.74. The company has a quick ratio of 1.13, a current ratio of 2.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88. Harworth Group plc has a 52 week low of GBX 125 ($1.61) and a 52 week high of GBX 195 ($2.52).

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 18th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.23) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Harworth Group had a net margin of 52.25% and a return on equity of 7.75%. On average, equities analysts predict that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Harworth Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be paid a dividend of GBX 1.13 ($0.01) per share. This represents a yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 24th. This is a positive change from Harworth Group’s previous dividend of $0.49. Harworth Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 13.18%.

Harworth Group Company Profile

Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments.