Insider Buying: Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW) Insider Acquires £14,917.50 in Stock

Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW) insider Kevin Rountree bought 102 shares of Games Workshop Group stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 14th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of £146.25 ($185.31) per share, for a total transaction of £14,917.50 ($18,902.05).

Games Workshop Group Trading Down 1.0 %

LON:GAW opened at £141.30 ($179.04) on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of £4.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.94, a PEG ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.77, a current ratio of 3.29 and a quick ratio of 2.33. Games Workshop Group PLC has a one year low of GBX 9,325 ($118.16) and a one year high of £148.60 ($188.29). The company’s 50-day simple moving average is £138.12 and its 200 day simple moving average is £122.70.

Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 14th. The company reported GBX 288.90 ($3.66) EPS for the quarter. Games Workshop Group had a return on equity of 60.82% and a net margin of 28.74%. As a group, analysts forecast that Games Workshop Group PLC will post 448.9953023 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Games Workshop Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Saturday, February 8th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 23rd were paid a GBX 155 ($1.96) dividend. This is a boost from Games Workshop Group’s previous dividend of $80.00. This represents a dividend yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, January 23rd. Games Workshop Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 82.11%.

About Games Workshop Group

Games Workshop Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Core and Licensing. The company offers games under the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, and Warhammer 40,000 names, as well as Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl.