Harworth Group plc (HWG) to Issue Dividend of GBX 1.13 on May 23rd

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) declared a dividend on Tuesday, March 18th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be given a dividend of GBX 1.13 ($0.01) per share on Friday, May 23rd. This represents a dividend yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 24th. This is a 130.1% increase from Harworth Group’s previous dividend of $0.49. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

Harworth Group Stock Performance

LON HWG opened at GBX 170.50 ($2.22) on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 2.59, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 165.02 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 171.53. Harworth Group has a 12 month low of GBX 125 ($1.63) and a 12 month high of GBX 195 ($2.54). The firm has a market capitalization of £561.32 million, a P/E ratio of 11.24 and a beta of 0.74.

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 18th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.23) EPS for the quarter. Harworth Group had a net margin of 52.25% and a return on equity of 7.75%. On average, analysts predict that Harworth Group will post 15.3212521 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Harworth Group

In other news, insider Lynda Shillaw purchased 17,291 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 18th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 174 ($2.26) per share, for a total transaction of £30,086.34 ($39,139.25). Insiders purchased a total of 17,473 shares of company stock worth $3,038,573 in the last quarter. Insiders own 53.39% of the company’s stock.

Harworth Group Company Profile

Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments.