RWS (LON:RWS) Share Price Passes Below 200-Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

RWS Holdings plc (LON:RWS)’s share price crossed below its two hundred day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 163.59 ($2.02) and traded as low as GBX 137.60 ($1.70). RWS shares last traded at GBX 140.20 ($1.73), with a volume of 665,042 shares changing hands.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

RWS has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of RWS in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 330 ($4.08) target price on shares of RWS in a research report on Thursday, December 12th.

RWS Stock Up 4.7 %

The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 165.09 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 163.59. The firm has a market capitalization of £541.24 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1,631.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a current ratio of 1.54, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.66.

RWS (LON:RWS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December 12th. The company reported GBX 21.60 ($0.27) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. RWS had a negative net margin of 5.22% and a negative return on equity of 3.80%. On average, equities analysts expect that RWS Holdings plc will post 10.6469761 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

RWS Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 16th will be given a GBX 9.80 ($0.12) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 16th. This is a positive change from RWS’s previous dividend of $2.40. This represents a yield of 3.96%. RWS’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -13,333.33%.

RWS Company Profile

RWS Holdings plc is a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content and intellectual property services. Through content transformation and multilingual data analysis, our unique combination of technology and cultural expertise helps our clients to grow by ensuring they are understood anywhere, in any language.
Our purpose is unlocking global understanding.