IMI (LON:IMI) Reaches New 1-Year High at $1,811.00

Shares of IMI plc (LON:IMI) reached a new 52-week high on Wednesday . The company traded as high as GBX 1,811 ($23.06) and last traded at GBX 1,794.47 ($22.84), with a volume of 5875 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 1,803 ($22.95).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

IMI has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Berenberg Bank restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 1,950 ($24.82) target price on shares of IMI in a research report on Monday, March 4th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a GBX 2,150 ($27.37) price objective on shares of IMI in a report on Thursday, February 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a GBX 1,850 ($23.55) target price on shares of IMI in a research note on Thursday, December 14th.

IMI Stock Performance

The stock has a market cap of £4.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,938.71, a PEG ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.13. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 1,702.31 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 1,606.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 72.33, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 1.50.

IMI Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 4th will be issued a GBX 19.20 ($0.24) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 4th. This is a boost from IMI’s previous dividend of $9.10. This represents a dividend yield of 1.11%. IMI’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 3,010.75%.

IMI Company Profile

IMI plc, a specialist engineering company, designs and manufactures engineering products in the United Kingdom, Germany, rest of Europe, the United States of America, rest of the Americas, China, rest of Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. It operates through IMI Precision Engineering, IMI Critical Engineering, and IMI Hydronic Engineering segments.