Smiths Group plc (SMIN) To Go Ex-Dividend on April 10th

Smiths Group plc (LON:SMIN) declared a dividend on Tuesday, March 25th, Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 10th will be given a dividend of GBX 36 ($0.46) per share on Thursday, April 17th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.71%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 10th. This is a 19.2% increase from Smiths Group’s previous dividend of $30.20. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

Smiths Group Stock Performance

Shares of LON SMIN opened at GBX 1,967 ($25.33) on Thursday. Smiths Group has a 12 month low of GBX 1,514.66 ($19.50) and a 12 month high of GBX 2,188 ($28.17). The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 1,990.33 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 1,803.85. The company has a current ratio of 2.07, a quick ratio of 1.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.55. The company has a market capitalization of £6.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.33, a P/E/G ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.66.

Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 25th. The company reported GBX 55.50 ($0.71) EPS for the quarter. Smiths Group had a net margin of 7.98% and a return on equity of 11.54%. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Smiths Group will post 85.1295337 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Smiths Group

In other news, insider Richard Howes acquired 87 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 2,030 ($26.14) per share, for a total transaction of £1,766.10 ($2,273.85). Insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

About Smiths Group

Smiths Group plc operates as an industrial technology company in Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through four businesses: John Crane, Smiths Detection, Flex-Tek, and Smiths Interconnect. The John Crane business offers mechanical seals, seal support systems, power transmission couplings, and specialized filtration systems.