Catherine Levene Acquires 2,200 Shares of Informa plc (LON:INF) Stock

Informa plc (LON:INF) insider Catherine Levene purchased 2,200 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 14th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 766 ($9.96) per share, with a total value of £16,852 ($21,922.73).

Informa Trading Up 2.1 %

LON INF opened at GBX 786 ($10.23) on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of £10.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 31.98, a current ratio of 0.56 and a quick ratio of 1.70. Informa plc has a 12 month low of GBX 730.80 ($9.51) and a 12 month high of GBX 911.60 ($11.86). The company’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 835.19 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 830.20.

Informa (LON:INF) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 50.40 ($0.66) EPS for the quarter. Informa had a net margin of 9.30% and a return on equity of 4.75%. As a group, research analysts predict that Informa plc will post 59.3240265 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Informa Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 29th will be given a GBX 13.60 ($0.18) dividend. This is a positive change from Informa’s previous dividend of $6.40. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 29th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.77%. Informa’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 81.82%.

About Informa

Informa (LSE:INF.L) is a leading international Information Services, Advanced Learning, B2B Exhibitions and Events Group. We’re here to champion the specialist. Through hundreds of brands and a range of products and services, we connect businesses and professionals with the knowledge they need to learn more, know more and do more.