Savills (LON:SVS) Reaches New 1-Year High at $1,108.00

Savills plc (LON:SVS)’s share price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 1,108 ($13.92) and last traded at GBX 1,096 ($13.77), with a volume of 166537 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 1,082 ($13.59).

Savills Price Performance

The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 1,014.71 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 944.10. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 3,758.62, a PEG ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.22, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a current ratio of 1.19.

Savills Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 11th will be paid a dividend of GBX 15.90 ($0.20) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 11th. This is a positive change from Savills’s previous dividend of $6.90. This represents a yield of 1.69%. Savills’s dividend payout ratio is currently 7,241.38%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Savills

In other news, insider Simon J. B. Shaw sold 54,751 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,020 ($12.81), for a total transaction of £558,460.20 ($701,495.04). In other Savills news, insider John Waters purchased 2,023 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 20th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 964 ($12.11) per share, for a total transaction of £19,501.72 ($24,496.57). Also, insider Simon J. B. Shaw sold 54,751 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,020 ($12.81), for a total transaction of £558,460.20 ($701,495.04). Insiders own 8.50% of the company’s stock.

About Savills

Savills plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of real estate services in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, the Asia Pacific, Africa, North America, and the Middle East. The company advises on commercial, residential, rural, and leisure properties; and offers corporate finance advisory, investment management, and a range of property-related financial services.