A.G. BARR p.l.c. Announces Dividend of GBX 3.10 (LON:BAG)

A.G. BARR p.l.c. (LON:BAG) announced a dividend on Tuesday, September 24th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 3rd will be given a dividend of GBX 3.10 ($0.04) per share on Friday, November 1st. This represents a dividend yield of 0.47%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 3rd. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

A.G. BARR Trading Up 2.1 %

Shares of LON:BAG opened at GBX 618.55 ($8.28) on Wednesday. A.G. BARR has a 1 year low of GBX 472.50 ($6.33) and a 1 year high of GBX 686 ($9.19). The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 639.86 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 602.78. The company has a market cap of £686.47 million, a P/E ratio of 1,782.35, a PEG ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 0.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.67, a current ratio of 2.09 and a quick ratio of 1.99.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other A.G. BARR news, insider Julie A. Barr acquired 34 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 6th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 1,486 ($19.90) per share, for a total transaction of £505.24 ($676.54). In related news, insider Julie A. Barr acquired 34 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 6th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 1,486 ($19.90) per share, with a total value of £505.24 ($676.54). Also, insider Stuart Lorimer bought 3,925 shares of A.G. BARR stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 1st. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 459 ($6.15) per share, for a total transaction of £18,015.75 ($24,123.93). In the last 90 days, insiders have bought 4,008 shares of company stock worth $1,882,108. Company insiders own 32.90% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

BAG has been the subject of a number of research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 685 ($9.17) price objective on shares of A.G. BARR in a research report on Thursday, July 4th. Shore Capital reissued a “house stock” rating on shares of A.G. BARR in a research report on Tuesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 601.75 ($8.06).

About A.G. BARR

A.G. BARR p.l.c., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells soft drinks and cocktail solutions in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates in three segments: Soft drinks, Cocktail solutions, and Other. The company provides carbonated and flavored soft drinks, brewed drinks, pre-mixed cocktails, mixers, syrups, various fruit purees, boost drinks, energy stimulation drinks, sport drinks, iced coffee, oat drinks, spring and sparkling water, fruit juices, and other non-alcoholic beverages.