Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) Reaches New 52-Week High – Should You Buy?

Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW) shares hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as £121.71 ($158.43) and last traded at £121.30 ($157.90), with a volume of 10942 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at £119.20 ($155.17).

Games Workshop Group Stock Performance

The company has a current ratio of 3.29, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.77. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of £111.16 and a 200-day moving average price of £104.56. The firm has a market capitalization of £4.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,596.95, a PEG ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.25.

Games Workshop Group Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 29th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 24th will be issued a GBX 85 ($1.11) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 24th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.73%. Games Workshop Group’s payout ratio is presently 8,169.93%.

Insider Transactions at Games Workshop Group

In related news, insider Kevin Rountree bought 143 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 16th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of £105.26 ($137.02) per share, with a total value of £15,052.18 ($19,594.09). 0.58% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Games Workshop Group

Games Workshop Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Core and Licensing. The company offers games under the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, and Warhammer 40,000 names, as well as Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl.