Essentra (LON:ESNT) Issues Earnings Results

Essentra (LON:ESNTGet Free Report) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The company reported GBX 8.50 ($0.11) earnings per share for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Essentra had a net margin of 1.13% and a return on equity of 1.28%.

Essentra Stock Performance

ESNT opened at GBX 106.80 ($1.38) on Friday. Essentra has a 1-year low of GBX 105.60 ($1.37) and a 1-year high of GBX 191.80 ($2.49). The company has a market capitalization of £306.98 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 87.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 1.18. The business has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 119.85 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 138.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.89, a current ratio of 1.97 and a quick ratio of 0.50.

Essentra Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of GBX 1.55 ($0.02) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 1.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 15th. This is a positive change from Essentra’s previous dividend of $1.25. Essentra’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 329.52%.

Insider Transactions at Essentra

In related news, insider Steve Good acquired 35,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 109 ($1.41) per share, for a total transaction of £38,150 ($49,468.36). Company insiders own 0.99% of the company’s stock.

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