GlobalData Plc (LON:DATA) Announces GBX 1 Dividend

GlobalData Plc (LON:DATA) announced a dividend on Monday, March 10th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 20th will be given a dividend of GBX 1 ($0.01) per share on Friday, May 2nd. This represents a dividend yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 20th. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

GlobalData Price Performance

Shares of LON:DATA traded up GBX 1.50 ($0.02) on Tuesday, hitting GBX 155 ($2.01). The company’s stock had a trading volume of 8,743,690 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,152,411. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 185.84 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 195.07. GlobalData has a 1 year low of GBX 150 ($1.95) and a 1 year high of GBX 244 ($3.17). The company has a market capitalization of £1.25 billion, a PE ratio of 37.04, a PEG ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.16, a current ratio of 1.25 and a quick ratio of 0.61.

GlobalData (LON:DATA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, March 10th. The company reported GBX 7.50 ($0.10) EPS for the quarter. GlobalData had a return on equity of 12.99% and a net margin of 11.96%. Sell-side analysts forecast that GlobalData will post 9.6687774 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Michael Danson sold 2,000,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 195 ($2.53), for a total transaction of £3,900,000 ($5,065,592.93). 66.45% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Berenberg Bank increased their price objective on GlobalData from GBX 295 ($3.83) to GBX 300 ($3.90) and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th.

About GlobalData

GlobalData Plc is a leading data, insights, and analytics platform for the world’s largest industries. Our mission is to help our clients decode the future, make better decisions, and reach more customers.

One Platform Model
GlobalData’s One Platform model is the foundation of our business and is the result of years of continuous investment, targeted acquisitions, and organic development.