Galliford Try (LON:GFRD) Share Price Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Galliford Try Holdings plc (LON:GFRD) shares crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 294.19 ($3.79) and traded as high as GBX 387 ($4.98). Galliford Try shares last traded at GBX 376 ($4.84), with a volume of 128,443 shares changing hands.

Galliford Try Trading Up 0.3 %

The firm has a market cap of £377.75 million, a PE ratio of 1,074.29, a PEG ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.12. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 333.68 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 294.19. The company has a current ratio of 0.92, a quick ratio of 0.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.30.

Galliford Try Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 5th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 7th will be issued a GBX 11.50 ($0.15) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 7th. This represents a yield of 3.83%. This is a boost from Galliford Try’s previous dividend of $4.00. Galliford Try’s payout ratio is 4,571.43%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Bill Hocking sold 159,626 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 327 ($4.21), for a total transaction of £521,977.02 ($671,698.65). Company insiders own 7.70% of the company’s stock.

About Galliford Try

Galliford Try Holdings plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates in the construction business in the United Kingdom. It operates through Building, Infrastructure, and PPP Investments segments. The company engages in the construction of buildings for private and public sector clients in health, education, custodial, and defense markets, as well as serves commercial clients.