Insider Buying: Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) Insider Acquires 90 Shares of Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Chris Birch bought 90 shares of Harworth Group stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 15th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 167 ($2.10) per share, with a total value of £150.30 ($189.41).

Chris Birch also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, October 15th, Chris Birch bought 82 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 183 ($2.31) per share, for a total transaction of £150.06 ($189.11).
• On Tuesday, October 1st, Chris Birch sold 11,804 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 191 ($2.41), for a total transaction of £22,545.64 ($28,412.90).

Harworth Group Stock Performance

Shares of LON:HWG traded down GBX 1.50 ($0.02) on Monday, reaching GBX 165.50 ($2.09). The company’s stock had a trading volume of 156,207 shares, compared to its average volume of 419,295. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88, a current ratio of 2.59 and a quick ratio of 1.13. Harworth Group plc has a 52-week low of GBX 104 ($1.31) and a 52-week high of GBX 195 ($2.46). The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 180.35 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 163.27. The stock has a market capitalization of £535.64 million, a P/E ratio of 1,113.33 and a beta of 0.74.

Harworth Group Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 19th were paid a GBX 0.49 ($0.01) dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 19th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.29%. Harworth Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 1,333.33%.

Harworth Group Company Profile

Harworth Group plc operates as a land and property regeneration company in the North of England and the Midlands. The company operates through Income Generation and Capital Growth segments. The Income Generation segment focuses on generating rental returns from the investment portfolio; rental returns and royalties from energy generation, environmental technologies, and the agricultural portfolio; and income-generating streams from recycled aggregates and secondary coal products.