Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) Insider Purchases £150.41 in Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Lynda Shillaw purchased 89 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 15th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 169 ($2.27) per share, for a total transaction of £150.41 ($201.89).

Lynda Shillaw also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, March 18th, Lynda Shillaw purchased 17,291 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 174 ($2.34) per share, for a total transaction of £30,086.34 ($40,384.35).

Harworth Group Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of LON:HWG opened at GBX 175 ($2.35) on Friday. The company has a market cap of £576.13 million, a P/E ratio of 11.54 and a beta of 0.74. The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 172.63 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 169.06. Harworth Group plc has a 52-week low of GBX 135 ($1.81) and a 52-week high of GBX 195 ($2.62). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a current ratio of 2.59.

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, March 18th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.24) earnings per share for the quarter. Harworth Group had a net margin of 52.25% and a return on equity of 7.75%. Equities research analysts predict that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 earnings per share for the current year.

Harworth Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 24th will be paid a GBX 1.13 ($0.02) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 24th. This is a boost from Harworth Group’s previous dividend of $0.49. Harworth Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 13.18%.

Harworth Group Company Profile

Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments.