Vesuvius plc (VSVS) To Go Ex-Dividend on April 24th

Vesuvius plc (LON:VSVS) announced a dividend on Thursday, March 6th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, April 24th will be paid a dividend of GBX 16.40 ($0.22) per share on Friday, June 6th. This represents a yield of 4.14%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 24th. This is a 131.0% increase from Vesuvius’s previous dividend of $7.10. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

Vesuvius Trading Down 2.1 %

LON:VSVS opened at GBX 329.20 ($4.41) on Tuesday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 381.45 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 393.61. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 1.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 41.62. Vesuvius has a 52 week low of GBX 310.80 ($4.16) and a 52 week high of GBX 509 ($6.81). The stock has a market cap of £841.69 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.51, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.20.

Vesuvius (LON:VSVS) last released its earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The company reported GBX 43.30 ($0.58) earnings per share for the quarter. Vesuvius had a net margin of 5.56% and a return on equity of 8.49%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Vesuvius will post 51.3945695 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Vesuvius

In other news, insider Patrick André sold 156,406 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 390 ($5.22), for a total transaction of £609,983.40 ($816,249.70). Insiders own 1.28% of the company’s stock.

About Vesuvius

We are a global leader in metal flow engineering, providing a full range of engineering services and solutions to its customers worldwide, principally serving the steel and foundry industries.