OSB Group Plc (LON:OSB) Insider Sells £24,241.51 in Stock

OSB Group Plc (LON:OSB) insider Andy Golding sold 5,399 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 449 ($5.78), for a total value of £24,241.51 ($31,210.91).

Andy Golding also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, March 20th, Andy Golding sold 27,324 shares of OSB Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 464 ($5.97), for a total value of £126,783.36 ($163,233.37).

OSB Group Stock Performance

Shares of LON:OSB opened at GBX 458 ($5.90) on Thursday. OSB Group Plc has a 52-week low of GBX 343.60 ($4.42) and a 52-week high of GBX 533.50 ($6.87). The company has a market capitalization of £1.69 billion, a PE ratio of 4.56 and a beta of 1.41. The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 423.50 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 399.38.

OSB Group (LON:OSB) last issued its earnings results on Friday, March 14th. The company reported GBX 82.20 ($1.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. OSB Group had a return on equity of 18.78% and a net margin of 27.26%. On average, equities analysts forecast that OSB Group Plc will post 85.1214128 EPS for the current fiscal year.

OSB Group Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 3rd will be given a dividend of GBX 22.90 ($0.29) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 3rd. This represents a yield of 4.99%. OSB Group’s dividend payout ratio is presently 32.89%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Shore Capital restated a “buy” rating on shares of OSB Group in a research note on Friday, March 14th.

About OSB Group

OSB Group Plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialist mortgage lending and retail savings company in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands. It provides private rented sector related buy-to-let, commercial and semi-commercial mortgages, residential development finance, secured funding, bridging, and asset finance services.