Insider Buying: Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) Insider Buys 6,310 Shares of Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Katerina Patmore acquired 6,310 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 170 ($2.19) per share, with a total value of £10,727 ($13,850.23).

Katerina Patmore also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, February 17th, Katerina Patmore acquired 91 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 166 ($2.14) per share, with a total value of £151.06 ($195.04).
• On Wednesday, January 15th, Katerina Patmore acquired 91 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 163 ($2.10) per share, with a total value of £148.33 ($191.52).

Harworth Group Trading Down 2.0 %

LON HWG opened at GBX 168 ($2.17) on Friday. Harworth Group plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 125 ($1.61) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 195 ($2.52). 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 simple moving average of GBX 165.39 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 171.50. The stock has a market cap of £553.09 million, a P/E ratio of 11.07 and a beta of 0.74.

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

Harworth Group Increases Dividend

The company 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 a boost from Harworth Group’s previous dividend of $0.49. Harworth Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.