Essentra plc (LON:ESNT) Insider Acquires £38,150 in Stock

Essentra plc (LON:ESNT) insider Steve Good purchased 35,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 20th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 109 ($1.41) per share, for a total transaction of £38,150 ($49,263.95).

Essentra Stock Performance

Shares of ESNT opened at GBX 104 ($1.34) on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.97, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.89. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 119.52 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 137.32. Essentra plc has a 12 month low of GBX 103.80 ($1.34) and a 12 month high of GBX 191.80 ($2.48). The stock has a market capitalization of £298.93 million, a P/E ratio of 85.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 1.18.

Essentra (LON:ESNT) last announced its 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%. As a group, analysts predict that Essentra plc will post 524.137931 EPS for the current year.

Essentra Increases Dividend

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

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