Rowan Baker Acquires 10,036 Shares of Essentra plc (LON:ESNT) Stock

Essentra plc (LON:ESNT) insider Rowan Baker acquired 10,036 shares of Essentra stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 24th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 104 ($1.34) per share, for a total transaction of £10,437.44 ($13,438.19).

Essentra Stock Performance

Shares of LON ESNT opened at GBX 104.60 ($1.35) on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.89, a current ratio of 1.97 and a quick ratio of 0.50. The company has a market cap of £300.66 million, a PE ratio of 86.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 118.66 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 136.03. Essentra plc has a 12 month low of GBX 103.60 ($1.33) and a 12 month high of GBX 191.80 ($2.47).

Essentra (LON:ESNT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 19th. The company reported GBX 8.50 ($0.11) EPS for the quarter. Essentra had a return on equity of 1.28% and a net margin of 1.13%. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Essentra plc will post 524.137931 earnings per share for the current year.

Essentra Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, May 15th will be issued a GBX 1.55 ($0.02) dividend. This represents a yield of 1.41%. This is an increase from Essentra’s previous dividend of $1.25. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. Essentra’s payout ratio is presently 329.52%.

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