Insider Buying: Ansell Limited (ASX:ANN) Insider Buys 1,427 Shares of Stock

Ansell Limited (ASX:ANN) insider Debra (Debbie) Goodin bought 1,427 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 21st. The stock was bought at an average cost of A$35.50 ($22.61) per share, with a total value of A$50,658.50 ($32,266.56).

Ansell Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 45.24, a current ratio of 3.84 and a quick ratio of 1.13. The stock has a market cap of $3.33 billion, a PE ratio of 39.82, a P/E/G ratio of -14.40 and a beta of 0.46.

Ansell Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a Interim dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 5th will be given a dividend of $0.353 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. This is an increase from Ansell’s previous Interim dividend of $0.25. This represents a yield of 0.95%. Ansell’s payout ratio is presently 67.06%.

About Ansell

Ansell Limited designs, develops, and manufactures protection solutions in the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and North America. It operates in two segments, Healthcare and Industrial. The Healthcare segment manufactures and markets solutions comprising surgical gloves, single use and examination gloves, and clean and sterile gloves and garments, as well as consumables used by hospitals, surgical centers, dental practices, veterinary clinics, first responders, manufacturers, auto repair shops, chemical plants, laboratories, and life sciences and pharmaceutical companies.