Balfour Beatty plc (LON:BBY – Get Free Report) insider Robert MacLeod purchased 17,674 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 17th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 422 ($5.57) per share, with a total value of £74,584.28 ($98,526.13).
Balfour Beatty Stock Up 1.6 %
BBY stock opened at GBX 436.60 ($5.77) on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of £2.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 1,039.52, a P/E/G ratio of 3.75 and a beta of 0.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 79.17, a current ratio of 0.99 and a quick ratio of 0.84. Balfour Beatty plc has a 1-year low of GBX 291.60 ($3.85) and a 1-year high of GBX 439.80 ($5.81). The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 412.10 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 384.10.
Balfour Beatty Cuts Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 6th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 31st will be given a dividend of GBX 3.80 ($0.05) per share. This represents a yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 31st. Balfour Beatty’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 2,857.14%.
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About Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty plc finances, designs, develops, builds, and maintains infrastructure in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Construction Services, Support Services, and Infrastructure Investments. The company constructs buildings, including commercial, healthcare, education, retail, and residential assets; and infrastructure assets comprising highways and railways, as well as other large-scale infrastructure assets, such as waste, water, and energy plants.
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