G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 500 shares, a growth of 66.7% from the March 31st total of 300 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 9,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days.

G. Willi-Food International Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ WILC opened at $15.00 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $208.11 million, a P/E ratio of 13.27 and a beta of 0.86. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $15.77 and a 200 day moving average price of $15.14. G. Willi-Food International has a 1-year low of $8.18 and a 1-year high of $17.58.

G. Willi-Food International (NASDAQ:WILC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter. G. Willi-Food International had a net margin of 9.79% and a return on equity of 10.29%. The firm had revenue of $40.50 million during the quarter.

G. Willi-Food International Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a — dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 24th were given a $0.5911 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 24th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.4%. G. Willi-Food International’s payout ratio is 42.03%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in G. Willi-Food International stock. IFP Advisors Inc purchased a new position in shares of G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 3,400 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $55,000. Institutional investors own 9.45% of the company’s stock.

G. Willi-Food International Company Profile

G. Willi-Food International Ltd. designs, imports, markets, and distributes food products worldwide. The company offers mushrooms, artichoke, beans, asparagus, capers, corn kernels, baby corn, palm hearts, vine leaves, sour pickles, mixed pickled vegetables, pickled peppers, olives, garlic, roasted eggplant sun, and dried tomatoes; and canned fish comprising tuna, sardine, anchovies, smoked and pressed cod liver, herring, fish paste, and salmon products.