GlobalData (LON:DATA) Hits New 12-Month High at $220.00

GlobalData Plc (LON:DATA) reached a new 52-week high on Thursday . The stock traded as high as GBX 220 ($2.76) and last traded at GBX 220 ($2.76), with a volume of 245299 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 213 ($2.68).

GlobalData Price Performance

The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 189.97 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 180.43. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 5,600.00, a PEG ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 500.69, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a current ratio of 0.62.

GlobalData Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 21st were issued a dividend of GBX 3.20 ($0.04) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 1.8%. This is a boost from GlobalData’s previous dividend of $1.40. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 21st. GlobalData’s dividend payout ratio is presently 12,500.00%.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Graham Lilley purchased 10,876 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 12th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 179 ($2.25) per share, with a total value of £19,468.04 ($24,454.26). Insiders own 68.07% of the company’s stock.

GlobalData Company Profile

GlobalData Plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides business information in the form of proprietary data, analytics, and insights in Europe, North America, and the Asia Pacific. The company also offers performance advertising services. It serves aerospace, defense, and security; agribusiness; apparel; automotive; banking and payments; construction; consumer; food services; healthcare; insurance; medical devices; mining; oil and gas; packaging; pharmaceutical; power; retail; technology; travel and tourism; and sport industries, as well as public sectors.