Smiths Group plc (LON:SMIN) Announces GBX 13.55 Dividend

Smiths Group plc (LON:SMIN) announced a dividend on Tuesday, March 26th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 4th will be paid a dividend of GBX 13.55 ($0.17) per share on Monday, May 13th. This represents a yield of 0.82%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 4th. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

Smiths Group Stock Performance

Shares of LON:SMIN opened at GBX 1,659 ($20.97) on Wednesday. Smiths Group has a 52 week low of GBX 1,517.50 ($19.18) and a 52 week high of GBX 1,776.50 ($22.45). The stock has a market capitalization of £5.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 2,682.54, a PEG ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.65. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 1,631.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 1,647.43. The company has a quick ratio of 1.29, a current ratio of 1.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 27.93.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Karin Hoeing purchased 201 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 1st. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 1,622 ($20.50) per share, with a total value of £3,260.22 ($4,120.08). 0.62% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About Smiths Group

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