Essentra plc (LON:ESNT) Insider Rowan Baker Acquires 10,036 Shares

Essentra plc (LON:ESNT) insider Rowan Baker purchased 10,036 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 24th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 104 ($1.35) per share, for a total transaction of £10,437.44 ($13,513.00).

Essentra Trading Down 1.0 %

Shares of ESNT stock opened at GBX 103.40 ($1.34) on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of £297.21 million, a PE ratio of 85.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 1.18. Essentra plc has a 52-week low of GBX 102.65 ($1.33) and a 52-week high of GBX 191.80 ($2.48). The business’s fifty day moving average is GBX 118.25 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 135.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.89, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a current ratio of 1.97.

Essentra (LON:ESNT) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, March 19th. The company reported GBX 8.50 ($0.11) earnings per share for the quarter. Essentra had a return on equity of 1.28% and a net margin of 1.13%. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Essentra plc will post 524.137931 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Essentra Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, May 15th will be paid a GBX 1.55 ($0.02) dividend. This is an increase from Essentra’s previous dividend of $1.25. This represents a yield of 1.41%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. Essentra’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 329.52%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 170 ($2.20) price objective on shares of Essentra in a research note on Wednesday.

Essentra Company Profile