Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) Insider Purchases £164,000 in Stock

Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) insider Doug McCutcheon purchased 50,000 shares of Worldwide Healthcare stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 23rd. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 328 ($4.09) per share, for a total transaction of £164,000 ($204,718.51).

Worldwide Healthcare Trading Up 0.3 %

LON WWH opened at GBX 328.61 ($4.10) on Friday. Worldwide Healthcare has a twelve month low of GBX 309 ($3.86) and a twelve month high of GBX 372.50 ($4.65). The business’s fifty day moving average is GBX 324.22 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 344.09. The company has a quick ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 0.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.60. The company has a market cap of £1.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2,190.73 and a beta of 0.29.

Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) last posted its earnings results on Friday, November 15th. The investment trust reported GBX 1.40 ($0.02) earnings per share for the quarter.

Worldwide Healthcare Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 9th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 28th were given a dividend of GBX 0.70 ($0.01) per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 28th. This represents a yield of 0.21%. Worldwide Healthcare’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -2,000.00%.

Worldwide Healthcare Company Profile

Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC is a closed-ended investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: WWH).

WWH invests in the global healthcare sector with the objective of achieving a high level of capital growth. WWH invests worldwide in a diversified portfolio of shares in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and related securities in the healthcare sector.