Deidre McGrath Acquires 4,890 Shares of ASX (ASX:ASX) Stock

ASX Limited (ASX:ASX) insider Deidre McGrath bought 4,890 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 17th. The stock was bought at an average cost of A$54.21 per share, with a total value of A$265,086.90.

ASX Stock Performance

The firm has a market cap of $12.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 6.67 and a beta of 0.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.98, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 0.42.

ASX Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a Interim dividend, which will be paid on Sunday, March 22nd. Shareholders of record on Sunday, March 22nd will be issued a $1.018 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 19th. This represents a yield of 186.0%. ASX’s dividend payout ratio is currently 87.35%.

About ASX

ASX Limited operates as a multi-asset class and integrated exchange company in Australia and internationally. The company provides education programs, research and insights, investor access and peer group networking; distribution facility for quoted exchange traded funds (ETFs) and debt securities. It is also involved in the trading of futures and options on interest rate, equity index, agriculture and energy products, and options over individual securities; cash market trading of equities, warrants, exchange-traded funds, and debt securities; and clearing of exchange-traded derivatives and over-the-counter interest rate and equity derivatives.