Lynda Shillaw Purchases 17,291 Shares of Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWGGet Free Report) insider Lynda Shillaw acquired 17,291 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 18th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 174 ($2.26) per share, with a total value of £30,086.34 ($39,113.81).

Harworth Group Stock Performance

HWG stock opened at GBX 170 ($2.21) on Wednesday. Harworth Group plc has a 1-year low of GBX 125 ($1.63) and a 1-year high of GBX 195 ($2.54). The company has a current ratio of 2.59, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 164.77 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 171.49. The firm has a market cap of £559.67 million, a PE ratio of 11.21 and a beta of 0.74.

Harworth Group (LON:HWGGet Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March 18th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.23) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Harworth Group had a net margin of 52.25% and a return on equity of 7.75%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 earnings per share for the current year.

Harworth Group Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be paid a dividend of GBX 1.13 ($0.01) per share. This represents a yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 24th. This is a positive change from Harworth Group’s previous dividend of $0.49. Harworth Group’s payout ratio is 13.18%.

Harworth Group Company Profile

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Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments.

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