Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) Insider Katerina Patmore Purchases 89 Shares

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Katerina Patmore acquired 89 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 15th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 169 ($2.26) per share, for a total transaction of £150.41 ($201.43).

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

• On Tuesday, April 15th, Katerina Patmore acquired 85 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 176 ($2.36) per share, with a total value of £149.60 ($200.35).
• On Thursday, March 20th, Katerina Patmore bought 6,310 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 170 ($2.28) per share, for a total transaction of £10,727 ($14,365.88).

Harworth Group Stock Performance

Shares of HWG opened at GBX 179.50 ($2.40) on Wednesday. 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). The business has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 172.23 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 168.97. The stock has a market cap of £590.95 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.83 and a beta of 0.74.

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last announced 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, analysts expect 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. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be paid a GBX 1.13 ($0.02) dividend. This is an increase from Harworth Group’s previous dividend of $0.49. This represents a yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 24th. Harworth Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 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.