Insider Selling: A.G. BARR p.l.c. (LON:BAG) Insider Sells 52,599 Shares of Stock

A.G. BARR p.l.c. (LON:BAG) insider Stuart Lorimer sold 52,599 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, April 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 570 ($7.10), for a total transaction of £299,814.30 ($373,228.31).

Stuart Lorimer also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, April 5th, Stuart Lorimer sold 8,352 shares of A.G. BARR stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 584 ($7.27), for a total transaction of £48,775.68 ($60,719.13).
• On Wednesday, February 7th, Stuart Lorimer bought 27 shares of A.G. BARR stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 542 ($6.75) per share, with a total value of £146.34 ($182.17).

A.G. BARR Stock Down 0.7 %

BAG opened at GBX 566 ($7.05) on Tuesday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 544.02 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 521.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 1.99 and a current ratio of 2.09. A.G. BARR p.l.c. has a twelve month low of GBX 446 ($5.55) and a twelve month high of GBX 591.75 ($7.37). The firm has a market cap of £633.30 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,664.71, a PEG ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 0.34.

A.G. BARR Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 9th will be issued a dividend of GBX 12.40 ($0.15) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 9th. This represents a yield of 2.41%. This is a positive change from A.G. BARR’s previous dividend of $2.65. A.G. BARR’s dividend payout ratio is currently 4,411.76%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Shore Capital reiterated a “house stock” rating on shares of A.G. BARR in a research note on Thursday, February 1st. Barclays upgraded shares of A.G. BARR to an “equal weight” rating and set a GBX 522 ($6.50) price objective for the company in a research note on Friday, March 8th.

About A.G. BARR

A.G. BARR p.l.c., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells soft drinks and cocktail solutions in the United Kingdom and internationally. It provides carbonated and flavored soft drinks, pre-mixed cocktails, fruit juices, spring and sparkling water, fruit puree, oat drinks, boost drinks, iced tea, and other non-alcoholic beverages.