Essentra plc (ESNT) to Issue Dividend of GBX 1.55 on July 3rd

Essentra plc (LON:ESNT) announced a dividend on Wednesday, March 19th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of GBX 1.55 ($0.02) per share on Thursday, July 3rd. This represents a yield of 1.41%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. This is a 24.0% increase from Essentra’s previous dividend of $1.25. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

Essentra Stock Down 3.1 %

Shares of Essentra stock opened at GBX 106.80 ($1.38) on Friday. Essentra has a 1-year low of GBX 105.60 ($1.37) and a 1-year high of GBX 191.80 ($2.49). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.89, a current ratio of 1.97 and a quick ratio of 0.50. The business’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 119.85 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 138.04. The company has a market capitalization of £306.98 million, a P/E ratio of 87.98, a PEG ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 1.18.

Essentra (LON:ESNT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 19th. The company reported GBX 8.50 ($0.11) EPS for the quarter. Essentra had a return on equity of 1.28% and a net margin of 1.13%. As a group, research analysts forecast that Essentra will post 524.137931 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Essentra

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

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