Gordon Oliver Purchases 5,550 Shares of James Halstead plc (LON:JHD) Stock

James Halstead plc (LON:JHD) insider Gordon Oliver bought 5,550 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, April 7th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 132 ($1.69) per share, for a total transaction of £7,326 ($9,361.10).

James Halstead Price Performance

Shares of JHD stock opened at GBX 135 ($1.73) on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 3.34, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.52. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 154.92 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 173.50. The stock has a market capitalization of £564.69 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.60, a P/E/G ratio of 3.19 and a beta of 0.31. James Halstead plc has a twelve month low of GBX 127.50 ($1.63) and a twelve month high of GBX 207 ($2.65).

James Halstead (LON:JHD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 27th. The company reported GBX 5 ($0.06) EPS for the quarter. James Halstead had a net margin of 15.10% and a return on equity of 23.72%. On average, analysts predict that James Halstead plc will post 10.670194 EPS for the current fiscal year.

James Halstead Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 6th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 8th will be paid a GBX 2.75 ($0.04) dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 8th. This represents a yield of 1.87%. James Halstead’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 90.67%.

About James Halstead

James Halstead (LSE: JHD) is a global manufacturer and supplier of flooring for commercial and domestic purposes. It has manufacturing operations across the United Kingdom, Europe and Scandinavia, Australasia and Asia, and Rest of the World markets and supplies to customers all around the world. The Company’s brands include Polyflor, Palettone, Camaro, Polysafe, Recofloor and Expona.