Insider Buying: Speedy Hire Plc (LON:SDY) Insider Purchases 12,500 Shares of Stock

Speedy Hire Plc (LON:SDYGet Free Report) insider Paul A. Rayner purchased 12,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 6th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 20 ($0.25) per share, for a total transaction of £2,500 ($3,101.35).

Speedy Hire Trading Up 1.1 %

Shares of LON SDY opened at GBX 19.92 ($0.25) on Friday. Speedy Hire Plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 18.39 ($0.23) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 41 ($0.51). The firm has a market capitalization of £92.00 million, a P/E ratio of 1,992.00, a P/E/G ratio of 0.21 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 115.48, a current ratio of 0.94 and a quick ratio of 0.90. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 27.99 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 32.96.

Speedy Hire (LON:SDYGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 21st. The company reported GBX 0.07 ($0.00) earnings per share for the quarter. Speedy Hire had a return on equity of 1.50% and a net margin of 0.64%. On average, analysts predict that Speedy Hire Plc will post 3.6102868 EPS for the current year.

Speedy Hire Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 5th were paid a GBX 0.80 ($0.01) dividend. This represents a yield of 2.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 5th. Speedy Hire’s payout ratio is 30,000.00%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 70 ($0.87) target price on shares of Speedy Hire in a research report on Thursday, November 21st.

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Speedy Hire Company Profile

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Speedy Hire Plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides tools, equipment, and plant hire services to the construction, infrastructure, and industrial markets in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company hires a range of tools and accessories, including access, lighting, lifting, rail, survey and safety, ATEX, plant, communications, and pipework and engineering equipment; compressors, generators, and pumps; and heating, ventilation, and cooling equipment.

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