Essentra (LON:ESNT) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results

Essentra (LON:ESNT) issued its earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported GBX 8.50 ($0.11) EPS for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Essentra had a return on equity of 1.28% and a net margin of 1.13%.

Essentra Stock Down 3.1 %

Shares of ESNT traded down GBX 3.40 ($0.04) during trading hours on Friday, hitting GBX 106.80 ($1.38). The stock had a trading volume of 18,559,793 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,867,094. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.89, a current ratio of 1.97 and a quick ratio of 0.50. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 119.85 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 138.04. The firm has a market capitalization of £306.98 million, a P/E ratio of 87.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 1.18. Essentra has a 1-year low of GBX 105.60 ($1.37) and a 1-year high of GBX 191.80 ($2.49).

Essentra Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be paid a GBX 1.55 ($0.02) dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. This is an increase from Essentra’s previous dividend of $1.25. This represents a dividend yield of 1.41%. Essentra’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 329.52%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Essentra

In related news, insider Steve Good purchased 35,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 109 ($1.41) per share, for a total transaction of £38,150 ($49,468.36). Company insiders own 0.99% of the company’s stock.

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