Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) Insider Katerina Patmore Acquires 85 Shares of Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Katerina Patmore acquired 85 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 15th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 176 ($2.34) per share, for a total transaction of £149.60 ($198.49).

Katerina Patmore also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, March 20th, Katerina Patmore bought 6,310 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 170 ($2.26) per share, with a total value of £10,727 ($14,232.45).
• On Monday, February 17th, Katerina Patmore purchased 91 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 166 ($2.20) per share, for a total transaction of £151.06 ($200.42).

Harworth Group Stock Performance

Shares of HWG stock opened at GBX 174 ($2.31) on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.59, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88. The company has a market cap of £572.84 million, a PE ratio of 11.47 and a beta of 0.74. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 166.85 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 170.43. Harworth Group plc has a 52 week low of GBX 126.50 ($1.68) and a 52 week high of GBX 195 ($2.59).

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 18th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.23) EPS for the quarter. Harworth Group had a return on equity of 7.75% and a net margin of 52.25%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 EPS for the current year.

Harworth Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 24th will be issued a dividend of GBX 1.13 ($0.01) per share. This is an increase from Harworth Group’s previous dividend of $0.49. This represents a dividend yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 24th. Harworth Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 13.18%.

Harworth Group Company Profile

Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments.