U-Haul Holding (NASDAQ:UHAL) Plans $0.05 Quarterly Dividend

U-Haul Holding (NASDAQ:UHAL) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 5th, RTT News reports. Investors of record on Monday, March 17th will be paid a dividend of 0.05 per share by the transportation company on Friday, March 28th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.29%.

U-Haul Stock Up 2.0 %

NASDAQ UHAL traded up $1.35 on Wednesday, reaching $69.74. The stock had a trading volume of 75,379 shares, compared to its average volume of 100,783. U-Haul has a 1 year low of $59.70 and a 1 year high of $79.04. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $71.01 and a 200 day moving average price of $71.97. The company has a current ratio of 2.03, a quick ratio of 1.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89. The company has a market capitalization of $13.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.29 and a beta of 1.09.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other U-Haul news, major shareholder Mark V. Shoen sold 12,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.86, for a total transaction of $823,250.00. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 667,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,961,550. This represents a 1.84 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director John P. Brogan sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $67.04, for a total value of $201,120.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 40,987 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,747,768.48. This trade represents a 6.82 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 28,000 shares of company stock worth $1,837,245. Insiders own 50.10% of the company’s stock.

About U-Haul

U-Haul Holding Co engages in the insurance and moving and storage businesses. It operates through the following business segments: Moving and Storage, Property and Casualty Insurance, and Life Insurance. The Moving and Storage segment includes the rental of trucks, trailers, portable moving and storage units, specialty rental items, and self-storage spaces.