Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) Declares Dividend of GBX 22

Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) announced a dividend on Wednesday, November 27th,Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, December 5th will be given a dividend of GBX 22 ($0.28) per share on Tuesday, February 4th. This represents a yield of 1.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

Johnson Matthey Stock Up 1.3 %

LON:JMAT opened at GBX 1,335 ($16.92) on Thursday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 1,515.07 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 1,613.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 63.15, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 0.76. Johnson Matthey has a one year low of GBX 1,318 ($16.71) and a one year high of GBX 1,917.07 ($24.30). The company has a market cap of £2.33 billion, a PE ratio of 2,301.72, a P/E/G ratio of 49,242.50 and a beta of 0.95.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Stephen Oxley purchased 7,407 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 27th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 1,343 ($17.03) per share, for a total transaction of £99,476.01 ($126,110.56). Also, insider Liam Condon purchased 27 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 16th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 1,505 ($19.08) per share, for a total transaction of £406.35 ($515.15). Insiders have acquired a total of 7,479 shares of company stock worth $10,057,890 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

About Johnson Matthey

Johnson Matthey is a global leader in science that enables a cleaner and healthier world. With over 200 years of sustained commitment to innovation and technological breakthroughs, they improve the function, performance and safety of their customers’ products. Their science has a global impact in areas such as low emission transport, pharmaceuticals, chemical processing and making the most efficient use of the planet’s natural resources.