Bodycote plc (BOY) To Go Ex-Dividend on April 25th

Bodycote plc (LON:BOY) declared a dividend on Friday, March 15th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 25th will be paid a dividend of GBX 16 ($0.20) per share on Thursday, June 6th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 25th. This is an increase from Bodycote’s previous dividend of $6.70. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

Bodycote Stock Performance

Shares of LON BOY opened at GBX 691 ($8.54) on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.23, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a current ratio of 1.05. The firm has a market cap of £1.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,526.67, a P/E/G ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.18. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 658.76 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 618.04. Bodycote has a 52 week low of GBX 545 ($6.73) and a 52 week high of GBX 731 ($9.03).

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Kevin Boyd acquired 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 19th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 653 ($8.07) per share, with a total value of £19,590 ($24,197.13). 1.41% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Bodycote

Bodycote plc provides heat treatment and thermal processing services worldwide. It operates in two Aerospace, Defence & Energy; and Automotive & General Industrial segments. The company offers heat treatment services, including altering the microstructure of metals and alloys, such as steel and aluminum to impart properties comprising surface hardness, temperature resistance, ductility, and strength; metal joining services consisting of electron beam welding, HIP diffusion bonding, hydrogen brazing, induction brazing, and vacuum and honeycomb brazing; and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) services, including isostatic pressing and HIP supporting services, as well as Powdermet technology, a manufacturing process used in the production of complex components using powder metallurgy.