Tennant (NYSE:TNC) Declares Dividend of $0.30

Tennant (NYSE:TNCGet Free Report) declared a dividend on Thursday, October 31st, NASDAQ reports. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be paid a dividend of 0.295 per share by the industrial products company on Monday, December 16th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th.

Tennant has increased its dividend by an average of 6.5% per year over the last three years and has raised its dividend every year for the last 52 years. Tennant has a dividend payout ratio of 17.1% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities research analysts expect Tennant to earn $6.73 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.12 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 16.6%.

Tennant Stock Performance

NYSE:TNC traded down $4.33 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $83.24. The stock had a trading volume of 133,328 shares, compared to its average volume of 117,560. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $93.20 and its 200 day simple moving average is $99.63. Tennant has a twelve month low of $79.52 and a twelve month high of $124.11. The stock has a market cap of $1.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.37 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.46 and a current ratio of 2.17.

Tennant (NYSE:TNCGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.38 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $315.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $319.40 million. Tennant had a return on equity of 22.23% and a net margin of 8.76%. The company’s revenue was up 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.34 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Tennant will post 6.48 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, StockNews.com upgraded Tennant from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, September 5th.

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About Tennant

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Tennant Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets floor cleaning equipment in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers a suite of products, including floor maintenance and cleaning equipment, detergent-free and other sustainable cleaning technologies, aftermarket parts and consumables, equipment maintenance and repair services, and asset management solutions.

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