Insider Buying: Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW) Insider Acquires 102 Shares of Stock

Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW) insider Kevin Rountree purchased 102 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 14th. The stock was bought at an average cost of £146.25 ($184.03) per share, for a total transaction of £14,917.50 ($18,771.23).

Games Workshop Group Stock Performance

GAW stock opened at £142.70 ($179.56) on Thursday. The business’s fifty day moving average is £138.11 and its 200-day moving average is £122.41. The company has a quick ratio of 2.33, a current ratio of 3.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.77. The company has a market cap of £4.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.25. Games Workshop Group PLC has a twelve month low of GBX 9,325 ($117.34) and a twelve month high of £148.60 ($186.99).

Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 14th. The company reported GBX 288.90 ($3.64) earnings per share for the quarter. Games Workshop Group had a return on equity of 60.82% and a net margin of 28.74%. Equities research analysts forecast that Games Workshop Group PLC will post 448.9953023 EPS for the current year.

Games Workshop Group Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Saturday, February 8th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 23rd were paid a dividend of GBX 155 ($1.95) per share. This represents a yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, January 23rd. This is an increase from Games Workshop Group’s previous dividend of $80.00. Games Workshop Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 82.11%.

Games Workshop Group Company Profile

Games Workshop Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Core and Licensing. The company offers games under the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, and Warhammer 40,000 names, as well as Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl.