Essentra (LON:ESNT) Posts Earnings Results

Essentra (LON:ESNTGet Free Report) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported GBX 8.50 ($0.11) earnings per share (EPS) 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 Down 3.1 %

LON:ESNT opened at GBX 106.80 ($1.38) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.89, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a current ratio of 1.97. 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. Essentra has a one year low of GBX 105.60 ($1.37) and a one year high of GBX 191.80 ($2.49). The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 119.85 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 138.04.

Essentra Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be paid a GBX 1.55 ($0.02) dividend. 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 is 329.52%.

Insider Activity at Essentra

In other Essentra news, insider Steve Good acquired 35,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 109 ($1.41) per share, with a total value of £38,150 ($49,468.36). 0.99% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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