Essentra plc (LON:ESNT) Insider Buys £10,437.44 in Stock

Essentra plc (LON:ESNT) insider Rowan Baker bought 10,036 shares of Essentra stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 24th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 104 ($1.34) per share, for a total transaction of £10,437.44 ($13,486.81).

Essentra Trading Up 1.6 %

ESNT stock traded up GBX 1.70 ($0.02) during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting GBX 105.70 ($1.37). 719,180 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,678,833. Essentra plc has a one year low of GBX 103.60 ($1.34) and a one year high of GBX 191.80 ($2.48). 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 stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 119.24 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 136.88. The company has a market cap of £303.82 million, a PE ratio of 87.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 1.18.

Essentra (LON:ESNT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 19th. The company reported GBX 8.50 ($0.11) EPS for the quarter. Essentra had a return on equity of 1.28% and a net margin of 1.13%. Research analysts predict that Essentra plc will post 524.137931 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Essentra Increases Dividend

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

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