Essentra plc (LON:ESNT) Insider Acquires £38,150 in Stock

Essentra plc (LON:ESNT) insider Steve Good acquired 35,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 109 ($1.41) per share, for a total transaction of £38,150 ($49,263.95).

Essentra Stock Performance

ESNT opened at GBX 104 ($1.34) on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.89, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a current ratio of 1.97. Essentra plc has a 52-week low of GBX 103.80 ($1.34) and a 52-week high of GBX 191.80 ($2.48). The firm has a market cap of £298.93 million, a P/E ratio of 85.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 1.18. The business’s fifty day moving average is GBX 119.52 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 137.32.

Essentra (LON:ESNT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 19th. The company reported GBX 8.50 ($0.11) EPS for the quarter. Essentra had a net margin of 1.13% and a return on equity of 1.28%. Sell-side analysts expect that Essentra plc will post 524.137931 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Essentra Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be issued a dividend of GBX 1.55 ($0.02) per share. This is a boost from Essentra’s previous dividend of $1.25. This represents a dividend yield of 1.41%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. Essentra’s payout ratio is 329.52%.

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