Insider Buying: Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) Insider Purchases 50,000 Shares of Stock

Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) insider Doug McCutcheon purchased 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 23rd. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 328 ($4.10) per share, for a total transaction of £164,000 ($204,769.63).

Worldwide Healthcare Stock Up 0.3 %

LON:WWH opened at GBX 328.61 ($4.10) on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 324.22 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 344.09. Worldwide Healthcare has a 52-week low of GBX 309 ($3.86) and a 52-week high of GBX 372.50 ($4.65). The company has a market cap of £1.77 billion, a PE ratio of -2,190.73 and a beta of 0.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.60, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a current ratio of 0.29.

Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November 15th. The investment trust reported GBX 1.40 ($0.02) earnings per share for the quarter.

Worldwide Healthcare Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 28th were given a GBX 0.70 ($0.01) dividend. This represents a yield of 0.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 28th. Worldwide Healthcare’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -2,000.00%.

Worldwide Healthcare Company Profile

Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC is a closed-ended investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: WWH).

WWH invests in the global healthcare sector with the objective of achieving a high level of capital growth. WWH invests worldwide in a diversified portfolio of shares in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and related securities in the healthcare sector.