Insider Buying: Informa plc (LON:INF) Insider Acquires 2,200 Shares of Stock

Informa plc (LON:INF) insider Catherine Levene bought 2,200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 14th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 766 ($9.96) per share, for a total transaction of £16,852 ($21,922.73).

Informa Stock Up 2.1 %

Shares of Informa stock opened at GBX 786 ($10.23) on Thursday. Informa plc has a twelve month low of GBX 730.80 ($9.51) and a twelve month high of GBX 911.60 ($11.86). The stock has a market capitalization of £10.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.85, a PEG ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a current ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 1.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 31.98. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 835.19 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 830.20.

Informa (LON:INF) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 50.40 ($0.66) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Informa had a return on equity of 4.75% and a net margin of 9.30%. Equities research analysts forecast that Informa plc will post 59.3240265 earnings per share for the current year.

Informa Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 29th will be paid a dividend of GBX 13.60 ($0.18) per share. This represents a yield of 1.77%. This is a positive change from Informa’s previous dividend of $6.40. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 29th. Informa’s payout ratio is presently 81.82%.

Informa Company Profile

Informa (LSE:INF.L) is a leading international Information Services, Advanced Learning, B2B Exhibitions and Events Group. We’re here to champion the specialist. Through hundreds of brands and a range of products and services, we connect businesses and professionals with the knowledge they need to learn more, know more and do more.