Bodycote plc (LON:BOY – Get Free Report) insider Ben Fidler sold 44,945 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 694 ($8.72), for a total transaction of £311,918.30 ($391,807.94).
Bodycote Price Performance
Shares of LON:BOY opened at GBX 694 ($8.72) on Thursday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 666.90 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 620.91. Bodycote plc has a one year low of GBX 545 ($6.85) and a one year high of GBX 731 ($9.18). The stock has a market capitalization of £1.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,542.22, a PEG ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.23, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a current ratio of 1.05.
Bodycote Increases Dividend
The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 6th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 25th will be issued a dividend of GBX 16 ($0.20) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 25th. This is an increase from Bodycote’s previous dividend of $6.70. This represents a dividend yield of 2.53%. Bodycote’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 5,111.11%.
Bodycote Company Profile
Bodycote plc provides heat treatment and thermal processing services worldwide. It operates in two Aerospace, Defence & Energy; and Automotive & General Industrial segments. The company offers heat treatment services, including altering the microstructure of metals and alloys, such as steel and aluminum to impart properties comprising surface hardness, temperature resistance, ductility, and strength; metal joining services consisting of electron beam welding, HIP diffusion bonding, hydrogen brazing, induction brazing, and vacuum and honeycomb brazing; and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) services, including isostatic pressing and HIP supporting services, as well as Powdermet technology, a manufacturing process used in the production of complex components using powder metallurgy.
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