Andy Golding Sells 5,399 Shares of OSB Group Plc (LON:OSB) Stock

OSB Group Plc (LON:OSB) insider Andy Golding sold 5,399 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 449 ($5.81), for a total value of £24,241.51 ($31,384.66).

Andy Golding also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, March 20th, Andy Golding sold 27,324 shares of OSB Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 464 ($6.01), for a total transaction of £126,783.36 ($164,142.10).

OSB Group Stock Down 0.4 %

LON OSB traded down GBX 1.80 ($0.02) during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching GBX 458 ($5.93). The company’s stock had a trading volume of 23,313,131 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,069,107. OSB Group Plc has a 1 year low of GBX 343.60 ($4.45) and a 1 year high of GBX 533.50 ($6.91). The firm’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 422.10 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 398.97. The company has a market capitalization of £1.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.56 and a beta of 1.41.

OSB Group (LON:OSB) last issued its earnings results on Friday, March 14th. The company reported GBX 82.20 ($1.06) earnings per share for the quarter. OSB Group had a net margin of 27.26% and a return on equity of 18.78%. Equities research analysts anticipate that OSB Group Plc will post 85.1214128 EPS for the current fiscal year.

OSB Group Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 3rd will be paid a dividend of GBX 22.90 ($0.30) per share. This represents a yield of 4.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 3rd. OSB Group’s payout ratio is presently 32.89%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of OSB Group in a research report on Friday, March 14th.

About OSB Group

OSB Group Plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialist mortgage lending and retail savings company in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands. It provides private rented sector related buy-to-let, commercial and semi-commercial mortgages, residential development finance, secured funding, bridging, and asset finance services.