Harworth Group (LON:HWG) Reaches New 52-Week High at $194.50

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG)’s share price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as GBX 194.50 ($2.57) and last traded at GBX 194.10 ($2.56), with a volume of 1784838 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 189.50 ($2.50).

Harworth Group Trading Up 0.8 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.06, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a current ratio of 2.87. The firm has a market cap of £618.15 million, a P/E ratio of 1,591.67 and a beta of 0.74. The business’s fifty day moving average is GBX 168.48 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 149.48.

Harworth Group Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 19th will be paid a GBX 0.49 ($0.01) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 19th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.29%. Harworth Group’s payout ratio is 833.33%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Harworth Group

In other news, insider Lynda Shillaw purchased 11,245 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 13th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 178 ($2.35) per share, with a total value of £20,016.10 ($26,441.35). In related news, insider Lynda Shillaw purchased 11,245 shares of Harworth Group stock in a transaction on Friday, September 13th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 178 ($2.35) per share, for a total transaction of £20,016.10 ($26,441.35). Also, insider Katerina Patmore bought 16,094 shares of Harworth Group stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 27th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 154 ($2.03) per share, with a total value of £24,784.76 ($32,740.77). In the last 90 days, insiders bought 27,603 shares of company stock valued at $4,525,028. 53.39% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Harworth Group Company Profile

Harworth Group plc operates as a land and property regeneration company in the North of England and the Midlands. The company operates through Income Generation and Capital Growth segments. The Income Generation segment focuses on generating rental returns from the investment portfolio; rental returns and royalties from energy generation, environmental technologies, and the agricultural portfolio; and income-generating streams from recycled aggregates and secondary coal products.