Henry Boot PLC (BOOT) To Go Ex-Dividend on May 1st

Henry Boot PLC (LON:BOOT) announced a dividend on Tuesday, March 25th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 1st will be paid a dividend of GBX 4.62 ($0.06) per share on Friday, May 30th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.23%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 1st. This is a 50.0% increase from Henry Boot’s previous dividend of $3.08. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

Henry Boot Price Performance

Shares of Henry Boot stock opened at GBX 206.98 ($2.66) on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of £278.12 million, a P/E ratio of 24.62, a P/E/G ratio of -11.97 and a beta of 0.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.17, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 2.14. The stock’s fifty day moving average is GBX 205.21 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 219.22. Henry Boot has a one year low of GBX 175 ($2.25) and a one year high of GBX 245 ($3.15).

Henry Boot (LON:BOOT) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, March 25th. The company reported GBX 17.40 ($0.22) EPS for the quarter. Henry Boot had a net margin of 3.96% and a return on equity of 2.79%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Henry Boot will post 18.2106097 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Henry Boot

In other news, insider Jonathan James Sykes sold 150,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 200 ($2.57), for a total transaction of £300,000 ($386,249.52). Insiders own 69.46% of the company’s stock.

Henry Boot Company Profile

Henry Boot is one of the UK’s leading land, property development, home building and construction businesses – and we’ve been transforming land and spaces since 1886. Listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1919, we’re renowned for quality, expertise, delivery and a partnership approach across the group – which comprises, Hallam Land, HBD, Stonebridge, Henry Boot Construction, Banner Plant and Road Link.

Operating across the UK, and employing over 500 people, we focus on three key markets: urban development, industrial and logistics and residential.