easyJet plc (LON:EZJ) Plans Dividend of GBX 12.10

easyJet plc (LON:EZJ) declared a dividend on Thursday, November 27th,Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, February 20th will be paid a dividend of GBX 12.10 ($0.15) per share on Friday, March 21st. This represents a yield of 2.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 20th. This is a boost from easyJet’s previous dividend of $4.50. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

easyJet Price Performance

Shares of EZJ opened at GBX 523.20 ($6.60) on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of £3.95 billion, a PE ratio of 10.56, a PEG ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 2.49. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 532.58 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 511.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 110.33, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 1.02. easyJet has a twelve month low of GBX 404.70 ($5.11) and a twelve month high of GBX 594 ($7.49).

easyJet (LON:EZJ) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 27th. The company reported GBX 61.30 ($0.77) earnings per share for the quarter. easyJet had a net margin of 4.27% and a return on equity of 13.89%. As a group, research analysts expect that easyJet will post 67.3369565 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at easyJet

In related news, insider Julie Chakraverty acquired 20,083 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 498 ($6.28) per share, for a total transaction of £100,013.34 ($126,183.88). Also, insider David Robbie acquired 7,404 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 27th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 550 ($6.94) per share, for a total transaction of £40,722 ($51,377.74). Insiders have purchased a total of 27,571 shares of company stock worth $14,118,574 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 16.74% of the company’s stock.

easyJet Company Profile

We are a low-cost European point-to-point airline. We use our cost advantage, operational efficiency and leading positions in primary airports to deliver low fares, seamlessly connecting Europe with the warmest welcome in the sky. easyJet is one of the largest airlines in the world, with 343 aircraft, operating 1,045 routes across 35 countries and 158 airports.