Katerina Patmore Buys 6,310 Shares of Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Katerina Patmore bought 6,310 shares of Harworth Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 20th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 170 ($2.21) per share, with a total value of £10,727 ($13,954.73).

Katerina Patmore also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, February 17th, Katerina Patmore purchased 91 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 166 ($2.16) per share, with a total value of £151.06 ($196.51).
• On Wednesday, January 15th, Katerina Patmore purchased 91 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 163 ($2.12) per share, with a total value of £148.33 ($192.96).

Harworth Group Stock Up 0.6 %

HWG stock traded up GBX 1 ($0.01) during midday trading on Thursday, reaching GBX 171.50 ($2.23). The company had a trading volume of 232,628 shares, compared to its average volume of 191,742. Harworth Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 125 ($1.63) and a 1 year high of GBX 195 ($2.54). The company has a current ratio of 2.59, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88. The company has a market capitalization of £564.61 million, a P/E ratio of 11.31 and a beta of 0.74. The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 165.02 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 171.53.

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 18th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.23) earnings per share for the quarter. Harworth Group had a net margin of 52.25% and a return on equity of 7.75%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Harworth Group Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be issued a dividend of GBX 1.13 ($0.01) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 24th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.65%. This is an increase from Harworth Group’s previous dividend of $0.49. Harworth Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 13.18%.

About Harworth Group

Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments.