John Waters Acquires 1,000 Shares of Savills plc (LON:SVS) Stock

Savills plc (LON:SVS) insider John Waters bought 1,000 shares of Savills stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 19th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 975 ($12.59) per share, with a total value of £9,750 ($12,588.77).

Savills Price Performance

Shares of LON:SVS opened at GBX 989 ($12.77) on Friday. Savills plc has a one year low of GBX 881 ($11.38) and a one year high of GBX 1,298 ($16.76). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 92.62, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a current ratio of 1.16. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 1,026.79 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 1,073.10. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.30, a PEG ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.24.

Savills (LON:SVS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 14th. The company reported GBX 66.20 ($0.85) EPS for the quarter. Savills had a net margin of 1.93% and a return on equity of 6.17%. On average, analysts predict that Savills plc will post 76.1455526 EPS for the current year.

Savills Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 22nd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 10th will be given a GBX 23.10 ($0.30) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 10th. This represents a yield of 2.46%. This is an increase from Savills’s previous dividend of $7.10. Savills’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 64.33%.

Savills Company Profile

Founded in the UK in 1855, Savills is one of the world’s leading property agents. Our experience and expertise spans the globe, with 600 offices across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.

Our scale gives us wide-ranging specialist and local knowledge, and we take pride in providing best-in-class advice as we help individuals, businesses and institutions make better property decisions.