H&T Group plc (LON:HAT) Plans Dividend Increase – GBX 11 Per Share

H&T Group plc (LON:HAT) declared a dividend on Tuesday, March 18th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 29th will be paid a dividend of GBX 11 ($0.14) per share on Friday, June 27th. This represents a yield of 2.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 29th. This is a 57.1% increase from H&T Group’s previous dividend of $7.00. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

H&T Group Stock Up 3.7 %

Shares of LON:HAT traded up GBX 14 ($0.18) during trading on Tuesday, hitting GBX 392 ($5.09). 365,080 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 89,906. H&T Group has a 52 week low of GBX 325.50 ($4.23) and a 52 week high of GBX 440 ($5.72). The company has a current ratio of 15.96, a quick ratio of 4.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 46.82. The company has a market cap of £170.81 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.76 and a beta of 0.69. The company has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 351.37 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 360.07.

H&T Group (LON:HAT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 18th. The company reported GBX 51.17 ($0.66) earnings per share for the quarter. H&T Group had a return on equity of 12.14% and a net margin of 9.06%. As a group, research analysts forecast that H&T Group will post 54.3859649 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About H&T Group

H&T is the UK’s largest pawnbroker and provides a range of financial services to meet customers’ needs. We are the 6th largest retailer of high quality pre-owned and new jewellery and watches.

Our ambition is to make pawnbroking a more widely accepted and valued finance service.