Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Plans Dividend of GBX 3.89 (LON:BMY)

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LON:BMY) declared a dividend on Thursday, October 24th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 31st will be paid a dividend of GBX 3.89 ($0.05) per share on Friday, November 29th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 31st. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

Bloomsbury Publishing Stock Performance

Shares of LON:BMY opened at GBX 740.07 ($9.61) on Thursday. Bloomsbury Publishing has a 52 week low of GBX 386 ($5.01) and a 52 week high of GBX 754 ($9.79). The stock has a market capitalization of £602.71 million, a P/E ratio of 1,902.56 and a beta of 0.66. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 684.24 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 639.32. The company has a quick ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 1.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.40.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Bloomsbury Publishing news, insider Nigel Newton sold 58,378 shares of Bloomsbury Publishing stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 713 ($9.26), for a total value of £416,235.14 ($540,424.75). Corporate insiders own 8.26% of the company’s stock.

Bloomsbury Publishing Company Profile

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc publishes academic, educational, and general fiction and non-fiction books for children, teachers, students, researchers, and professionals worldwide. The company offers books and digital resources to international research community and higher education students; online law, accounting, and tax services for the United Kingdom and professionals; and publishing services for corporations and institutions.