Breedon Group plc (LON:BREE) Insider Amit Bhatia Acquires 500,000 Shares

Breedon Group plc (LON:BREE) insider Amit Bhatia purchased 500,000 shares of Breedon Group stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 7th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 321 ($3.96) per share, with a total value of £1,605,000 ($1,981,236.88).

Amit Bhatia also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, October 6th, Amit Bhatia purchased 2,300,000 shares of Breedon Group stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 338 ($4.17) per share, with a total value of £7,774,000 ($9,596,346.13).

Breedon Group Price Performance

LON:BREE opened at GBX 317 ($3.91) on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 993.75, a P/E/G ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.20. Breedon Group plc has a 52-week low of GBX 265.50 ($3.28) and a 52-week high of GBX 400 ($4.94). The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 332.86 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 308.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 28.04, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a current ratio of 1.42.

Breedon Group Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 12th will be paid a dividend of GBX 4 ($0.05) per share. This is a positive change from Breedon Group’s previous dividend of $1.40. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 12th. This represents a yield of 1.21%. Breedon Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 3,437.50%.

About Breedon Group

Breedon Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the quarrying, manufacture, and sale of construction materials and building products primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company offers various aggregates, such as crushed rock, high polished stone value, sand and gravel, self-binding gravels, decorative aggregates, recycled aggregates, white limestone products, agricultural lime, granular mineral fillers, and welsh slates for use in the construction market.