Henry Boot PLC (LON:BOOT) Declares Dividend Increase – GBX 4.62 Per Share

Henry Boot PLC (LON:BOOT) declared a dividend on Tuesday, March 25th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 1st will be given a dividend of GBX 4.62 ($0.06) per share on Friday, May 30th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 1st. This is a 50.0% increase from Henry Boot’s previous dividend of $3.08. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

Henry Boot Price Performance

Shares of Henry Boot stock remained flat at GBX 207 ($2.68) during mid-day trading on Wednesday. 26,283 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 82,060. Henry Boot has a twelve month low of GBX 175 ($2.27) and a twelve month high of GBX 245 ($3.17). The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 205.19 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 219.27. The company has a market cap of £278.15 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.62, a P/E/G ratio of -11.97 and a beta of 0.80. The company has a current ratio of 2.14, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.17.

Henry Boot (LON:BOOT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 25th. The company reported GBX 17.40 ($0.23) EPS for the quarter. Henry Boot had a return on equity of 2.79% and a net margin of 3.96%. Sell-side analysts expect that Henry Boot will post 18.2106097 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Jonathan James Sykes sold 4,818 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 205 ($2.65), for a total transaction of £9,876.90 ($12,787.29). Insiders own 69.46% of the company’s stock.

About Henry Boot

Henry Boot is one of the UK’s leading land, property development, home building and construction businesses – and we’ve been transforming land and spaces since 1886. Listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1919, we’re renowned for quality, expertise, delivery and a partnership approach across the group – which comprises, Hallam Land, HBD, Stonebridge, Henry Boot Construction, Banner Plant and Road Link.

Operating across the UK, and employing over 500 people, we focus on three key markets: urban development, industrial and logistics and residential.