Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) Insider Buys £149.60 in Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Katerina Patmore acquired 85 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 15th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 176 ($2.34) per share, for a total transaction of £149.60 ($198.91).

Katerina Patmore also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, March 20th, Katerina Patmore purchased 6,310 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 170 ($2.26) per share, for a total transaction of £10,727 ($14,262.73).
• On Monday, February 17th, Katerina Patmore acquired 91 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 166 ($2.21) per share, for a total transaction of £151.06 ($200.85).

Harworth Group Stock Performance

Shares of HWG opened at GBX 174 ($2.31) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a current ratio of 2.59. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 167 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 170.30. The stock has a market cap of £572.84 million, a P/E ratio of 11.47 and a beta of 0.74. Harworth Group plc has a one year low of GBX 126.50 ($1.68) and a one year high of GBX 195 ($2.59).

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

Harworth Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be given a dividend of GBX 1.13 ($0.01) per share. This is an increase from Harworth Group’s previous dividend of $0.49. This represents a yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 24th. Harworth Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 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.