Essentra (LON:ESNT) Releases Earnings Results

Essentra (LON:ESNT) announced its earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported GBX 8.50 ($0.11) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Essentra had a net margin of 1.13% and a return on equity of 1.28%.

Essentra Trading Down 3.1 %

ESNT stock opened at GBX 106.76 ($1.38) on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 1.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.89. Essentra has a twelve month low of GBX 105.60 ($1.37) and a twelve month high of GBX 191.80 ($2.49). The company has a market cap of £306.86 million, a P/E ratio of 87.95, a PEG ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 1.18. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 119.85 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 138.04.

Essentra Increases Dividend

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

Insider Activity at Essentra

In other Essentra news, insider Steve Good acquired 35,000 shares of Essentra stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 109 ($1.41) per share, with a total value of £38,150 ($49,468.36). 0.99% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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