Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) Sets New 12-Month High – What’s Next?

Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as £148.05 ($182.96) and last traded at £147.80 ($182.65), with a volume of 65774 shares. The stock had previously closed at £145 ($179.19).

Games Workshop Group Trading Up 1.9 %

The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is £137.52 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is £120.02. The firm has a market cap of £4.87 billion, a PE ratio of 3,218.95, a PEG ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a quick ratio of 2.33, a current ratio of 3.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.77.

Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 14th. The company reported GBX 288.90 ($3.57) earnings per share for the quarter. Games Workshop Group had a return on equity of 62.12% and a net margin of 28.74%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Games Workshop Group PLC will post 448.9953023 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Games Workshop Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Saturday, February 8th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 23rd were paid a GBX 155 ($1.92) dividend. This is a boost from Games Workshop Group’s previous dividend of $80.00. This represents a dividend yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, January 23rd. Games Workshop Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 8,169.93%.

About Games Workshop Group

Games Workshop Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Core and Licensing. The company offers games under the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, and Warhammer 40,000 names, as well as Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl.