GWA Group Limited (ASX:GWA) Insider Buys A$592,006.50 in Stock

GWA Group Limited (ASX:GWA) insider Richard Thornton purchased 263,114 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 14th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of A$2.25 ($1.43) per share, with a total value of A$592,006.50 ($377,074.20).

GWA Group Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 60.02, a current ratio of 1.63 and a quick ratio of 0.94. The company has a market capitalization of $652.40 million, a PE ratio of 16.89, a PEG ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 0.85.

GWA Group Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a Interim dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 6th were given a dividend of $0.075 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 20th. This is a positive change from GWA Group’s previous Interim dividend of $0.07. This represents a yield of 2.92%. GWA Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 107.14%.

About GWA Group

GWA Group Limited researches, designs, manufactures, imports, and markets building fixtures and fittings to residential and commercial premises in Australia, New Zealand, and internationally. It offers vitreous China toilet suites, basins, plastic cisterns, taps and showers, baths, kitchen sinks, laundry tubs, smart products, and bathroom accessories, as well as domestic water control valves under the Caroma, Methven, Dorf, and Clark brands.