Chris Birch Acquires 89 Shares of Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Chris Birch acquired 89 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 15th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 169 ($2.26) per share, with a total value of £150.41 ($201.43).

Chris Birch also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, April 23rd, Chris Birch sold 15,533 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 174 ($2.33), for a total value of £27,027.42 ($36,195.82).

Harworth Group Stock Up 3.2%

HWG opened at GBX 179.50 ($2.40) on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 172.23 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 168.97. The company has a current ratio of 2.59, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88. Harworth Group plc has a 12 month low of GBX 134 ($1.79) and a 12 month high of GBX 195 ($2.61). The company has a market cap of £590.95 million, a P/E ratio of 11.83 and a beta of 0.74.

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, March 18th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.24) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Harworth Group had a return on equity of 7.75% and a net margin of 52.25%. On average, equities analysts expect that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 EPS for the current year.

Harworth Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be issued a GBX 1.13 ($0.02) dividend. This is an increase from Harworth Group’s previous dividend of $0.49. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 24th. This represents a yield of 0.65%. Harworth Group’s dividend payout ratio is 13.18%.

Harworth Group Company Profile

Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments.