Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) Hits New 52-Week High – Here’s Why

Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW) reached a new 52-week high on Monday . The stock traded as high as £114 ($148.86) and last traded at £113.21 ($147.84), with a volume of 3647 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at £113.80 ($148.60).

Games Workshop Group Trading Down 0.6 %

The company has a current ratio of 3.29, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.77. The firm has a market cap of £3.83 billion, a PE ratio of 2,545.84, a PEG ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.25. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of £105.25 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of £101.98.

Games Workshop Group Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 29th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 24th will be issued a GBX 85 ($1.11) dividend. This represents a yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 24th. Games Workshop Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 8,169.93%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Kevin Rountree bought 143 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 16th. The shares were purchased at an average price of £105.26 ($137.45) per share, with a total value of £15,052.18 ($19,655.50). In other news, insider Rachel Tongue acquired 2,426 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 2nd. The stock was acquired at an average price of £101.28 ($132.25) per share, with a total value of £245,705.28 ($320,847.85). Also, insider Kevin Rountree bought 143 shares of Games Workshop Group stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 16th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of £105.26 ($137.45) per share, for a total transaction of £15,052.18 ($19,655.50). Company insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

Games Workshop Group Company Profile

Games Workshop Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Core and Licensing. The company offers games under the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, and Warhammer 40,000 names, as well as Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl.