Assura (LON:AGR) Stock Price Up 11.6% – Should You Buy?

Shares of Assura Plc (LON:AGR) rose 11.6% during trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as GBX 46.20 ($0.58) and last traded at GBX 43.52 ($0.55). Approximately 212,891,641 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 1,382% from the average daily volume of 14,366,552 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 39 ($0.49).

Assura Price Performance

The firm’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 37.66 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 39.72. The company has a quick ratio of 2.84, a current ratio of 0.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.05. The stock has a market cap of £1.42 billion, a PE ratio of -41.60, a P/E/G ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 0.37.

Assura Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 12th were given a GBX 0.84 ($0.01) dividend. This represents a yield of 2.12%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 12th. Assura’s dividend payout ratio is presently -286.76%.

About Assura

Assura plc is a specialist healthcare property investor and developer. We enable better health outcomes through our portfolio of more than 600 healthcare buildings across the UK and Ireland, from which over six million patients are served.

We BUILD for health, having developed over 100 new healthcare buildings in our history, and at the heart of our strategy sits The Bigger Picture; Healthy Environment (E), Healthy Communities (S), Healthy Business (G).

Assura plc achieved B Corp certification in July 2024 – the first FTSE 250 business to do so.