Insider Selling: Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) Insider Sells 20,424 Shares of Stock

Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) insider Bradley Leonard Ormsby sold 20,424 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of £112 ($139.42), for a total transaction of £2,287,488 ($2,847,613.59).

Judges Scientific Price Performance

JDG stock opened at £111.05 ($138.24) on Tuesday. Judges Scientific plc has a 52 week low of GBX 7,300 ($90.88) and a 52 week high of £118.98 ($148.11). The company has a quick ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 1.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 79.06. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of £106.58 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 9,514.43. The firm has a market capitalization of £735.15 million, a P/E ratio of 7,881.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.88.

Judges Scientific Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 5th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 6th will be given a dividend of GBX 68 ($0.85) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 6th. This represents a yield of 0.59%. This is a positive change from Judges Scientific’s previous dividend of $27.00. Judges Scientific’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 6,597.22%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Shore Capital reiterated a “house stock” rating on shares of Judges Scientific in a research 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.