Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) Insider Lynda Shillaw Purchases 89 Shares of Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Lynda Shillaw purchased 89 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 15th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 169 ($2.26) per share, for a total transaction of £150.41 ($201.43).

Lynda Shillaw also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, March 18th, Lynda Shillaw bought 17,291 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 174 ($2.33) per share, for a total transaction of £30,086.34 ($40,292.41).

Harworth Group Price Performance

Shares of HWG stock opened at GBX 179.50 ($2.40) on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88, a current ratio of 2.59 and a quick ratio of 1.13. The company has a market capitalization of £590.95 million, a PE ratio of 11.83 and a beta of 0.74. The firm’s 50-day moving average is GBX 172.23 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 168.97. Harworth Group plc has a 12 month low of GBX 134 ($1.79) and a 12 month high of GBX 195 ($2.61).

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

Harworth Group Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be given a GBX 1.13 ($0.02) dividend. This represents a yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 24th. This is a boost from Harworth Group’s previous dividend of $0.49. Harworth Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 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.