Science Group plc (LON:SAG) Insider Daniel Edwards Purchases 6,667 Shares

Science Group plc (LON:SAG) insider Daniel Edwards bought 6,667 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 25th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 425 ($5.50) per share, for a total transaction of £28,334.75 ($36,684.04).

Science Group Trading Up 0.5 %

LON:SAG opened at GBX 427 ($5.53) on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of £190.87 million, a PE ratio of 32.24 and a beta of 0.46. Science Group plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 327.96 ($4.25) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 494 ($6.40). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 19.36, a current ratio of 2.01 and a quick ratio of 1.56. The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 444.52 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 455.93.

Science Group (LON:SAG) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, March 24th. The company reported GBX 26.50 ($0.34) earnings per share for the quarter. Science Group had a net margin of 5.44% and a return on equity of 7.43%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Science Group plc will post 27.3000005 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Science Group Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 22nd will be issued a dividend of GBX 8 ($0.10) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 22nd. This represents a dividend yield of 1.95%. Science Group’s dividend payout ratio is 60.40%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 758 ($9.81) price target on shares of Science Group in a report on Monday.

About Science Group

Science Group plc, a science, engineering, and technology business company, provides consultancy services in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, North America, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Services Operating Business, Product Operating Business, and Freehold Properties.