Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) Insider Liam Condon Acquires 14 Shares of Stock

Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) insider Liam Condon bought 14 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 18th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 1,719 ($23.12) per share, for a total transaction of £240.66 ($323.64).

Liam Condon also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, May 21st, Liam Condon bought 18 shares of Johnson Matthey stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 1,384 ($18.61) per share, for a total transaction of £249.12 ($335.02).
• On Wednesday, April 16th, Liam Condon bought 30 shares of Johnson Matthey stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 1,200 ($16.14) per share, for a total transaction of £360 ($484.13).

Johnson Matthey Stock Down 0.7%

Shares of JMAT stock opened at GBX 1,688 ($22.70) on Friday. Johnson Matthey PLC has a 1-year low of GBX 1,131 ($15.21) and a 1-year high of GBX 1,888 ($25.39). The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 1,479.48 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 1,410.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.73, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 0.76. The company has a market cap of £2.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 49,242.50 and a beta of 0.95.

Johnson Matthey (LON:JMAT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 22nd. The company reported GBX 149.20 ($2.01) EPS for the quarter. Johnson Matthey had a return on equity of 4.49% and a net margin of 0.84%. On average, research analysts expect that Johnson Matthey PLC will post 173.4112903 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Johnson Matthey Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 16th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 10th were given a dividend of GBX 32 ($0.43) per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 10th. This represents a yield of 1.88%. This is a boost from Johnson Matthey’s previous dividend of $22.00. Johnson Matthey’s payout ratio is currently 130.84%.

About Johnson Matthey

Johnson Matthey is a global leader in science that enables a cleaner and healthier world. With over 200 years of sustained commitment to innovation and technological breakthroughs, they improve the function, performance and safety of their customers’ products. Their science has a global impact in areas such as low emission transport, pharmaceuticals, chemical processing and making the most efficient use of the planet’s natural resources.