Assura Plc (LON:AGR) Insider Jonathan Murphy Purchases 393 Shares

Assura Plc (LON:AGR) insider Jonathan Murphy bought 393 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, January 6th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 38 ($0.47) per share, with a total value of £149.34 ($186.30).

Assura Stock Performance

Shares of Assura stock opened at GBX 37.10 ($0.46) on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.04, a current ratio of 0.89 and a quick ratio of 2.84. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3,710.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 0.37. The business has a 50-day moving average of GBX 38.96 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 40.51. Assura Plc has a 12 month low of GBX 36.94 ($0.46) and a 12 month high of GBX 48.58 ($0.61).

Assura Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 12th will be paid a dividend of GBX 0.84 ($0.01) per share. This represents a yield of 2.12%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. Assura’s payout ratio is currently -30,000.00%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 51 ($0.64) price objective on shares of Assura in a research report on Tuesday, September 17th.

About Assura

Assura plc is a specialist healthcare property investor and developer. We enable better health outcomes through our portfolio of more than 600 healthcare buildings across the UK and Ireland, from which over six million patients are served.

We BUILD for health, having developed over 100 new healthcare buildings in our history, and at the heart of our strategy sits The Bigger Picture; Healthy Environment (E), Healthy Communities (S), Healthy Business (G).

Assura plc achieved B Corp certification in July 2024 – the first FTSE 250 business to do so.