Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) Declares Dividend Increase – GBX 74.80 Per Share

Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) announced a dividend on Wednesday, March 19th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 12th will be paid a dividend of GBX 74.80 ($0.97) per share on Friday, July 11th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 12th. This is a 151.9% increase from Judges Scientific’s previous dividend of $29.70. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

Judges Scientific Trading Up 1.1 %

Shares of JDG stock opened at GBX 7,477.77 ($96.96) on Friday. Judges Scientific has a 1 year low of GBX 6,760 ($87.66) and a 1 year high of £122.50 ($158.84). The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 7,487.57 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 8,655.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 70.79, a current ratio of 1.97 and a quick ratio of 0.65. The company has a market cap of £490.93 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.88, a PEG ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.83.

Judges Scientific (LON:JDG) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March 19th. The company reported GBX 283.40 ($3.67) earnings per share for the quarter. Judges Scientific had a net margin of 10.99% and a return on equity of 17.56%. As a group, equities analysts predict that Judges Scientific will post 402.5824271 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed a “house stock” rating on shares of Judges Scientific in a report on Wednesday.

Judges Scientific Company Profile

Judges Scientific plc (AIM: JDG), is a group focused on acquiring and developing companies in the scientific instrument sector. The Group now consists of 22 businesses acquired since 2005.

The acquired companies are primarily UK-based with products sold worldwide to a diverse range of markets including: higher education institutions, scientific research facilities, manufacturers and regulatory authorities.