Informa plc (LON:INF) Insider Louise Smalley Purchases 5,050 Shares

Informa plc (LON:INF) insider Louise Smalley bought 5,050 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 19th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 779 ($10.13) per share, with a total value of £39,339.50 ($51,176.66).

Informa Stock Down 0.6 %

Shares of LON INF opened at GBX 781.20 ($10.16) on Thursday. Informa plc has a 1 year low of GBX 730.80 ($9.51) and a 1 year high of GBX 911.60 ($11.86). The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 835.19 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 830.20. The company has a market cap of £10.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.64, a PEG ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 31.98, a current ratio of 0.56 and a quick ratio of 1.70.

Informa (LON:INF) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 50.40 ($0.66) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Informa had a return on equity of 4.75% and a net margin of 9.30%. Research analysts anticipate that Informa plc will post 59.3240265 earnings per share for the current year.

Informa Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 29th will be issued a GBX 13.60 ($0.18) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 29th. This is a boost from Informa’s previous dividend of $6.40. This represents a dividend yield of 1.77%. Informa’s dividend payout ratio is presently 81.82%.

About Informa

Informa (LSE:INF.L) is a leading international Information Services, Advanced Learning, B2B Exhibitions and Events Group. We’re here to champion the specialist. Through hundreds of brands and a range of products and services, we connect businesses and professionals with the knowledge they need to learn more, know more and do more.