Daniel Edwards Purchases 6,667 Shares of Science Group plc (LON:SAG) Stock

Science Group plc (LON:SAG) insider Daniel Edwards acquired 6,667 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 25th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 425 ($5.47) per share, for a total transaction of £28,334.75 ($36,480.95).

Science Group Trading Up 1.9 %

SAG opened at GBX 435.10 ($5.60) on Thursday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 443.86 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 455.48. The firm has a market capitalization of £194.49 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.85 and a beta of 0.46. Science Group plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 327.96 ($4.22) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 494 ($6.36). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 19.36, a current ratio of 2.01 and a quick ratio of 1.56.

Science Group (LON:SAG) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, March 24th. The company reported GBX 26.50 ($0.34) earnings per share for the quarter. Science Group had a net margin of 5.44% and a return on equity of 7.43%. As a group, research analysts predict that Science Group plc will post 27.3000005 earnings per share for the current year.

Science Group Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 22nd will be paid a GBX 8 ($0.10) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 1.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 22nd. Science Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 60.40%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 758 ($9.76) price target on shares of Science Group in a report on Monday.

Science Group Company Profile

Science Group plc, a science, engineering, and technology business company, provides consultancy services in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, North America, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Services Operating Business, Product Operating Business, and Freehold Properties.