FirstGroup plc Plans Dividend of GBX 1.70 (LON:FGP)

FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP) declared a dividend on Thursday, November 14th,Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 28th will be paid a dividend of GBX 1.70 ($0.02) per share by the transport operator on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a dividend yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 28th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

FirstGroup Price Performance

Shares of LON FGP opened at GBX 146.50 ($1.89) on Friday. FirstGroup has a fifty-two week low of GBX 128.60 ($1.65) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 189 ($2.43). The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 143.25 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 157.66. The company has a market capitalization of £880.32 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7,255.00, a P/E/G ratio of 5.21 and a beta of 1.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 256.40, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a current ratio of 0.69.

Insider Buying and Selling at FirstGroup

In other news, insider Graham Sutherland purchased 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 16th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 153 ($1.97) per share, for a total transaction of £30,600 ($39,377.17). Insiders own 3.64% of the company’s stock.

About FirstGroup

FirstGroup plc provides public transport services in the United Kingdom. The company operates through First Bus and First Rail segments. The First Bus segment offers local bus services with a fleet of approximately 4,900 buses in the United Kingdom. The First Rail segment operates a passenger rail network that provides long-distance, commuter, regional, and sleeper services through a portfolio of Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, TransPennine Express, and Avanti West Coast franchises; and hull trains and Lumos.