PHSC (LON:PHSC) Sets New 12-Month High at $33.97

PHSC plc (LON:PHSC) shares hit a new 52-week high on Friday . The company traded as high as GBX 33.97 ($0.44) and last traded at GBX 33.65 ($0.44), with a volume of 1779 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 32.50 ($0.43).

PHSC Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 2.01, a quick ratio of 2.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.42. The stock has a market cap of £3.46 million, a P/E ratio of 1,682.50 and a beta of 0.82. The business’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 27.79 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 24.91.

PHSC Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 19th will be given a dividend of GBX 1.25 ($0.02) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 4.9%. This is an increase from PHSC’s previous dividend of $0.75. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 19th. PHSC’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 10,000.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other PHSC news, insider Stephen A. King sold 17,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 25 ($0.33), for a total transaction of £4,375 ($5,721.20). In other PHSC news, insider Stephen A. King sold 17,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 25 ($0.33), for a total value of £4,375 ($5,721.20). Also, insider Stephen A. King sold 10,000 shares of PHSC stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 27 ($0.35), for a total transaction of £2,700 ($3,530.80). In the last quarter, insiders sold 50,000 shares of company stock valued at $3,565,000. Company insiders own 49.77% of the company’s stock.

PHSC Company Profile

PHSC plc, through its subsidiaries, provides health, safety, hygiene, and environmental consultancy services and security solutions to the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom. The company also offers food safety, training and consultancy, legionella and occupational hygiene, statutory examination, CCTV, security tagging, foot fall counting/analysis, product protection, and security label services.