Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) Sets New 52-Week High – What’s Next?

Shares of Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW) hit a new 52-week high during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as £149.70 ($191.51) and last traded at £148.20 ($189.59), with a volume of 139823 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at £137.60 ($176.03).

Games Workshop Group Price Performance

The company’s fifty day moving average is £139.28 and its two-hundred day moving average is £125.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.77, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a current ratio of 3.29. The firm has a market cap of £4.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.25.

Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 14th. The company reported GBX 288.90 ($3.70) EPS for the quarter. Games Workshop Group had a return on equity of 60.82% and a net margin of 28.74%. Equities research analysts forecast that Games Workshop Group PLC will post 448.9953023 EPS for the current year.

Games Workshop Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Saturday, February 8th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 23rd were issued a GBX 155 ($1.98) dividend. This represents a yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, January 23rd. This is a boost from Games Workshop Group’s previous dividend of $80.00. Games Workshop Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 82.11%.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Kevin Rountree acquired 102 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 14th. The stock was bought at an average cost of £146.25 ($187.09) per share, with a total value of £14,917.50 ($19,083.41). Insiders own 0.58% of the company’s stock.

Games Workshop Group Company Profile

Games Workshop Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Core and Licensing. The company offers games under the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, and Warhammer 40,000 names, as well as Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl.