Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) Insider Buys £114.50 in Stock

Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) insider Bradley Leonard Ormsby bought 1 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 7th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of £114.50 ($143.84) per share, with a total value of £114.50 ($143.84).

Bradley Leonard Ormsby also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, April 15th, Bradley Leonard Ormsby sold 20,424 shares of Judges Scientific stock. The shares were sold at an average price of £112 ($140.70), for a total value of £2,287,488 ($2,873,728.64).

Judges Scientific Price Performance

Shares of LON:JDG traded up GBX 100 ($1.26) during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching £114 ($143.22). 18,397 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 9,531. The company has a current ratio of 1.87, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 79.06. The stock has a market cap of £756.96 million, a PE ratio of 7,832.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.88. The business’s fifty day moving average is £109.76 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 9,845.58. Judges Scientific plc has a one year low of GBX 7,300 ($91.71) and a one year high of £118.98 ($149.47).

Judges Scientific Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 5th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 6th will be issued a GBX 68 ($0.85) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 0.59%. This is a boost from Judges Scientific’s previous dividend of $27.00. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 6th. Judges Scientific’s payout ratio is 6,643.36%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Shore Capital reissued a “house stock” rating on shares of Judges Scientific in a report on Thursday, March 21st.

About Judges Scientific

Judges Scientific plc designs, manufactures, and sells scientific instruments. The company offers engineering teaching and research equipment for universities, colleges, schools, and research centres; and research and development systems for food, beverage, dairy, edible oil, and pharmaceutical industries.