Essentra (LON:ESNT) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

Essentra (LON:ESNT) announced its earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported GBX 8.50 ($0.11) EPS for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Essentra had a net margin of 1.13% and a return on equity of 1.28%.

Essentra Stock Performance

Shares of LON:ESNT traded down GBX 5 ($0.06) on Friday, reaching GBX 105.20 ($1.36). The company’s stock had a trading volume of 18,830,412 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,870,963. The stock has a market capitalization of £302.38 million, a P/E ratio of 86.66, a PEG ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 1.18. Essentra has a 52-week low of GBX 105 ($1.36) and a 52-week high of GBX 191.80 ($2.49). The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 119.85 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 138.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.89, a current ratio of 1.97 and a quick ratio of 0.50.

Essentra Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be issued a GBX 1.55 ($0.02) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 1.41%. This is a boost from Essentra’s previous dividend of $1.25. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 15th. Essentra’s dividend payout ratio is presently 329.52%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Steve Good bought 35,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 109 ($1.41) per share, with a total value of £38,150 ($49,468.36). 0.99% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Essentra Company Profile