Hargreaves Services Plc (LON:HSP) Insider Gordon Frank Colenso Banham Acquires 4,250 Shares

Hargreaves Services Plc (LON:HSP) insider Gordon Frank Colenso Banham bought 4,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 9th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 560 ($7.16) per share, for a total transaction of £23,800 ($30,411.45).

Hargreaves Services Stock Down 5.2 %

HSP stock opened at GBX 548 ($7.00) on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 2.06, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 17.75. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 639.37 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 593.36. Hargreaves Services Plc has a 1-year low of GBX 479.50 ($6.13) and a 1-year high of GBX 720 ($9.20). The firm has a market capitalization of £184.98 million, a PE ratio of 15.01 and a beta of 0.85.

Hargreaves Services (LON:HSP) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported GBX 12.23 ($0.16) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Hargreaves Services had a net margin of 5.81% and a return on equity of 6.30%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Hargreaves Services Plc will post 42.9487179 EPS for the current year.

Hargreaves Services Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 8th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 20th were given a GBX 18.50 ($0.24) dividend. This is an increase from Hargreaves Services’s previous dividend of $18.00. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 20th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.77%. Hargreaves Services’s dividend payout ratio is presently 98.58%.

Hargreaves Services Company Profile

Hargreaves Services plc is a diversified group delivering services to the industrial and property sectors, supporting key industries within the UK and South East Asia. The Company’s three business segments are Services, Hargreaves Land and an investment in a German joint venture, Hargreaves Raw Materials Services GmbH (HRMS).