Assura (LON:AGR) Stock Price Up 11.6% – Should You Buy?

Assura Plc (LON:AGR) shares were up 11.6% on Monday . The stock traded as high as GBX 46.20 ($0.58) and last traded at GBX 43.52 ($0.55). Approximately 212,891,641 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 1,382% from the average daily volume of 14,366,552 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 39 ($0.49).

Assura Price Performance

The firm’s 50-day moving average is GBX 37.66 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 39.72. The company has a market cap of £1.42 billion, a P/E ratio of -41.60, a PEG ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 0.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.05, a current ratio of 0.89 and a quick ratio of 2.84.

Assura Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 12th were given a GBX 0.84 ($0.01) dividend. This represents a yield of 2.12%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 12th. Assura’s dividend payout ratio is presently -286.76%.

Assura Company Profile

Assura plc is a specialist healthcare property investor and developer. We enable better health outcomes through our portfolio of more than 600 healthcare buildings across the UK and Ireland, from which over six million patients are served.

We BUILD for health, having developed over 100 new healthcare buildings in our history, and at the heart of our strategy sits The Bigger Picture; Healthy Environment (E), Healthy Communities (S), Healthy Business (G).

Assura plc achieved B Corp certification in July 2024 – the first FTSE 250 business to do so.