Vesuvius plc (LON:VSVS) Insider Patrick André Sells 156,406 Shares

Vesuvius plc (LON:VSVS) insider Patrick André sold 156,406 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 390 ($5.06), for a total value of £609,983.40 ($790,953.58).

Vesuvius Trading Up 0.1 %

Vesuvius stock opened at GBX 395 ($5.12) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 41.62, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 1.57. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 405.16 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 399.60. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.01 billion, a PE ratio of 10.22, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.20. Vesuvius plc has a 52 week low of GBX 349 ($4.53) and a 52 week high of GBX 509 ($6.60).

Vesuvius (LON:VSVS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 7th. The company reported GBX 43.30 ($0.56) EPS for the quarter. Vesuvius had a return on equity of 8.49% and a net margin of 5.56%. Equities research analysts forecast that Vesuvius plc will post 51.3945695 earnings per share for the current year.

Vesuvius Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 6th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be paid a GBX 16.40 ($0.21) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 24th. This is a positive change from Vesuvius’s previous dividend of $7.10. This represents a dividend yield of 4.14%. Vesuvius’s payout ratio is presently 59.48%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Berenberg Bank raised their target price on Vesuvius from GBX 530 ($6.87) to GBX 580 ($7.52) and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 10th.

Vesuvius Company Profile

We are a global leader in metal flow engineering, providing a full range of engineering services and solutions to its customers worldwide, principally serving the steel and foundry industries.