Insider Buying: Informa plc (LON:INF) Insider Buys 5,050 Shares of Stock

Informa plc (LON:INF) insider Louise Smalley purchased 5,050 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 19th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 779 ($10.10) per share, with a total value of £39,339.50 ($51,010.76).

Informa Stock Performance

Shares of LON INF opened at GBX 785.80 ($10.19) on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 834.94 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 829.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 31.98, a quick ratio of 1.70 and a current ratio of 0.56. The firm has a market cap of £10.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.84, a PEG ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 1.12. Informa plc has a 1 year low of GBX 730.80 ($9.48) and a 1 year high of GBX 911.60 ($11.82).

Informa (LON:INF) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 50.40 ($0.65) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Informa had a return on equity of 4.75% and a net margin of 9.30%. Research analysts forecast that Informa plc will post 59.3240265 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Informa Increases Dividend

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

Informa Company Profile

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.