G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) Sees Significant Drop in Short Interest

G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 500 shares, a decline of 87.5% from the February 28th total of 4,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

G. Willi-Food International Trading Up 1.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ:WILC opened at $15.45 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $214.35 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.67 and a beta of 0.88. G. Willi-Food International has a 12 month low of $8.18 and a 12 month high of $17.58. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $16.62 and a 200 day moving average price of $14.46.

G. Willi-Food International (NASDAQ:WILC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of $40.50 million during the quarter. G. Willi-Food International had a return on equity of 10.29% and a net margin of 9.79%.

G. Willi-Food International Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a — dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 24th will be given a dividend of $0.5911 per share. This represents a yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 24th. G. Willi-Food International’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 31.88%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On G. Willi-Food International

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in G. Willi-Food International stock. IFP Advisors Inc bought a new position in G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 3,400 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $55,000. Institutional investors own 9.45% of the company’s stock.

About G. Willi-Food International

G. Willi-Food International Ltd. designs, imports, markets, and distributes food products worldwide. The company offers mushrooms, artichoke, beans, asparagus, capers, corn kernels, baby corn, palm hearts, vine leaves, sour pickles, mixed pickled vegetables, pickled peppers, olives, garlic, roasted eggplant sun, and dried tomatoes; and canned fish comprising tuna, sardine, anchovies, smoked and pressed cod liver, herring, fish paste, and salmon products.