Insider Selling: Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) Insider Sells 112,183 Shares of Stock

Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) insider Stefan Bomhard sold 112,183 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,788 ($35.33), for a total value of £3,127,662.04 ($3,963,079.12).

Imperial Brands Trading Down 1.3 %

LON IMB opened at GBX 2,741 ($34.73) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 166.91, a current ratio of 0.72 and a quick ratio of 0.41. The stock has a market capitalization of £23.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.61, a PEG ratio of 16.51 and a beta of 0.42. The firm’s 50-day moving average is GBX 2,652.65 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 2,401.75. Imperial Brands PLC has a 12 month low of GBX 1,662 ($21.06) and a 12 month high of GBX 2,897 ($36.71).

Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 19th. The company reported GBX 297 ($3.76) earnings per share for the quarter. Imperial Brands had a net margin of 11.44% and a return on equity of 41.84%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Imperial Brands PLC will post 246.5723613 earnings per share for the current year.

Imperial Brands Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 20th will be given a dividend of GBX 54.26 ($0.69) per share. This is a positive change from Imperial Brands’s previous dividend of $22.45. This represents a dividend yield of 2.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 20th. Imperial Brands’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 64.80%.

About Imperial Brands

We are Imperial Brands, a global consumer-focused organisation and the fourth largest international tobacco company.

We’re driven by our purpose: to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure. The world’s one billion adult smokers are seeking new and potentially less harmful products and we are committed to meeting their diverse and evolving needs.