Haleon (LON:HLN) Now Covered by Analysts at HSBC

HSBC initiated coverage on shares of Haleon (LON:HLN) in a research note published on Thursday, MarketBeat reports. The brokerage issued a buy rating on the stock.

Separately, Barclays decreased their price objective on shares of Haleon from GBX 390 ($4.85) to GBX 383 ($4.77) and set an overweight rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 9th.

Haleon Stock Up 1.0 %

Shares of LON HLN opened at GBX 324.30 ($4.04) on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 57.42, a current ratio of 1.04 and a quick ratio of 0.93. The company has a market cap of £29.61 billion and a P/E ratio of 2,920.00. Haleon has a 1 year low of GBX 306.80 ($3.82) and a 1 year high of GBX 357.65 ($4.45). The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 324.27 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 326.79.

Haleon Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 16th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 14th will be paid a dividend of GBX 4.20 ($0.05) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 1.34%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th. This is an increase from Haleon’s previous dividend of $1.80. Haleon’s payout ratio is currently 5,454.55%.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Tobias Hestler sold 23,564 shares of Haleon stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 329 ($4.10), for a total transaction of £77,525.56 ($96,508.85). Insiders own 22.53% of the company’s stock.

Haleon Company Profile

Haleon plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of various consumer healthcare products in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. The company provides oral health products, such as toothpastes, mouth washes, and denture care products under the Sensodyne, Polident, Parodontax, Biotene brands; and vitamins, minerals, and supplements under Centrum, Emergen-C, Caltrate brands.