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

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LON:BMY) announced a dividend on Thursday, October 24th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders 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 is Thursday, October 31st. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

Bloomsbury Publishing Stock Up 8.5 %

Shares of BMY stock opened at GBX 740.07 ($9.61) on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of £602.71 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,902.56 and a beta of 0.66. Bloomsbury Publishing has a one year low of GBX 386 ($5.01) and a one year high of GBX 754 ($9.79). The company’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 684.24 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 639.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.40, a current ratio of 1.67 and a quick ratio of 1.04.

Insider Activity

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