Ascential plc (LON:ASCL) Raises Dividend to GBX 128.60 Per Share

Ascential plc (LON:ASCL) announced a dividend on Wednesday, May 8th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Monday, May 20th will be paid a dividend of GBX 128.60 ($1.62) per share on Monday, June 3rd. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 20th. This is a boost from Ascential’s previous dividend of $4.00. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

Ascential Stock Down 1.9 %

Shares of Ascential stock traded down GBX 6 ($0.08) on Wednesday, hitting GBX 312 ($3.92). 5,273,416 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,066,176. The company has a quick ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 2.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 76.89. The stock has a market cap of £1.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 31,180.00, a PEG ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 1.12. Ascential has a 52-week low of GBX 187.40 ($2.35) and a 52-week high of GBX 320.80 ($4.03). The firm’s 50-day moving average is GBX 307.81 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 292.67.

Ascential Company Profile

Ascential plc provides specialist information, analytics, and e-commerce optimization platforms in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, China, rest of the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. The company operates in two segments, Marketing and Financial Technology.