Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) Insider Chris Birch Acquires 89 Shares

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Chris Birch purchased 89 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 15th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 169 ($2.26) per share, with a total value of £150.41 ($201.43).

Chris Birch also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, April 23rd, Chris Birch sold 15,533 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 174 ($2.33), for a total transaction of £27,027.42 ($36,195.82).

Harworth Group Stock Performance

Shares of HWG stock opened at GBX 179.50 ($2.40) on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 172.23 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 168.97. The company has a market cap of £590.95 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.83 and a beta of 0.74. The company has a quick ratio of 1.13, a current ratio of 2.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88. Harworth Group plc has a 52 week low of GBX 134 ($1.79) and a 52 week high of GBX 195 ($2.61).

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 18th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.24) earnings per share for the quarter. Harworth Group had a net margin of 52.25% and a return on equity of 7.75%. On average, equities analysts forecast that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 earnings per share for the current year.

Harworth Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be paid a GBX 1.13 ($0.02) dividend. This is a positive change from Harworth Group’s previous dividend of $0.49. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 24th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.65%. Harworth Group’s dividend payout ratio is presently 13.18%.

About Harworth Group

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.