Lynda Shillaw Acquires 17,291 Shares of Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Lynda Shillaw acquired 17,291 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 18th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 174 ($2.26) per share, with a total value of £30,086.34 ($39,012.37).

Harworth Group Stock Performance

Shares of HWG opened at GBX 171.50 ($2.22) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a current ratio of 2.59. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 165.21 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 171.53. The firm has a market capitalization of £564.61 million, a P/E ratio of 11.31 and a beta of 0.74. Harworth Group plc has a 52 week low of GBX 125 ($1.62) and a 52 week high of GBX 195 ($2.53).

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, March 18th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.23) earnings per share for the quarter. Harworth Group had a return on equity of 7.75% and a net margin of 52.25%. Equities analysts forecast that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Harworth Group Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be paid a GBX 1.13 ($0.01) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 24th. This is an increase from Harworth Group’s previous dividend of $0.49. Harworth Group’s payout ratio is presently 13.18%.

About Harworth Group

Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments.