Gavin Hill Acquires 7 Shares of Oxford Instruments plc (LON:OXIG) Stock

Oxford Instruments plc (LON:OXIG) insider Gavin Hill bought 7 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, November 11th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 2,122 ($27.31) per share, for a total transaction of £148.54 ($191.15).

Gavin Hill also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, October 10th, Gavin Hill bought 7 shares of Oxford Instruments stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 1,996 ($25.69) per share, for a total transaction of £139.72 ($179.80).
• On Tuesday, September 10th, Gavin Hill acquired 7 shares of Oxford Instruments stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 2,184 ($28.10) per share, for a total transaction of £152.88 ($196.73).

Oxford Instruments Price Performance

Shares of OXIG traded down GBX 80 ($1.03) during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching GBX 2,050 ($26.38). 424,576 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 99,146. The company has a quick ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 1.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.96. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.19 billion, a PE ratio of 2,401.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -3.56 and a beta of 0.96. Oxford Instruments plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 1,858 ($23.91) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 2,765 ($35.58). The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 2,103.83 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 2,309.71.

Oxford Instruments Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 28th will be given a dividend of GBX 5.10 ($0.07) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 28th. This represents a yield of 0.24%. Oxford Instruments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 2,441.86%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Oxford Instruments in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th.

About Oxford Instruments

Oxford Instruments plc provide scientific technology products and services for academic and commercial organizations worldwide. It operates through three segments: Materials & Characterisation, Research & Discovery, and Service & Healthcare. The company offers atomic force, electron, and Raman microscopy; deposition tools comprising plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition, chemical vapour deposition, inductively coupled plasma chemical vapour deposition, atomic layer deposition, and ion beam deposition systems; and etch tools, including inductively coupled plasma etching, reactive ion etching, deep silicon etching, atomic layer etching, and ion beam etching systems.