Essentra plc (LON:ESNT) Insider Buys £10,437.44 in Stock

Essentra plc (LON:ESNT) insider Rowan Baker bought 10,036 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 24th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 104 ($1.35) per share, for a total transaction of £10,437.44 ($13,513.00).

Essentra Stock Up 1.3 %

Shares of LON:ESNT opened at GBX 105.40 ($1.36) on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is GBX 119 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 136.44. The stock has a market cap of £302.96 million, a P/E ratio of 86.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 1.18. Essentra plc has a 52-week low of GBX 103.60 ($1.34) and a 52-week high of GBX 191.80 ($2.48). The company has a quick ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 1.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.89.

Essentra (LON:ESNT) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March 19th. The company reported GBX 8.50 ($0.11) earnings per share for the quarter. Essentra had a return on equity of 1.28% and a net margin of 1.13%. Sell-side analysts predict that Essentra plc will post 524.137931 EPS for the current year.

Essentra Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be issued a dividend of GBX 1.55 ($0.02) per share. This represents a 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%.

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