Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) Insider Buys £30,086.34 in Stock

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

Harworth Group Stock Up 2.1 %

Harworth Group stock opened at GBX 170 ($2.21) on Wednesday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 164.77 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 171.49. The company has a quick ratio of 1.13, a current ratio of 2.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88. The stock has a market cap of £559.67 million, a P/E ratio of 11.21 and a beta of 0.74. Harworth Group plc has a twelve month low of GBX 125 ($1.63) and a twelve month high of GBX 195 ($2.54).

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last issued its quarterly 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 return on equity of 7.75% and a net margin of 52.25%. As a group, analysts expect that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 EPS for the current year.

Harworth Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 24th will be issued a dividend of GBX 1.13 ($0.01) per share. This is an increase from Harworth Group’s previous dividend of $0.49. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 24th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.65%. Harworth Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 13.18%.

About Harworth Group

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.