GlobalData (LON:DATA) Sets New 1-Year Low – Time to Sell?

GlobalData Plc (LON:DATAGet Free Report) shares hit a new 52-week low during trading on Monday . The stock traded as low as GBX 150 ($1.94) and last traded at GBX 150.50 ($1.95), with a volume of 1469388 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 153 ($1.98).

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Berenberg Bank increased their target price on GlobalData from GBX 295 ($3.82) to GBX 300 ($3.88) and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th.

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GlobalData Trading Up 1.3 %

The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 180.35 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 192.11. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.22 billion, a PE ratio of 36.08, a PEG ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a quick ratio of 0.61, a current ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.16.

GlobalData (LON:DATAGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, March 10th. The company reported GBX 7.50 ($0.10) EPS for the quarter. GlobalData had a return on equity of 12.99% and a net margin of 11.96%. On average, sell-side analysts predict that GlobalData Plc will post 9.6687774 earnings per share for the current year.

GlobalData Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, March 20th will be paid a dividend of GBX 1 ($0.01) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 20th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.65%. GlobalData’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 119.48%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Michael Danson sold 2,000,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 195 ($2.52), for a total value of £3,900,000 ($5,049,197.31). 66.45% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About GlobalData

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GlobalData Plc is a leading data, insights, and analytics platform for the world’s largest industries. Our mission is to help our clients decode the future, make better decisions, and reach more customers.

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GlobalData’s One Platform model is the foundation of our business and is the result of years of continuous investment, targeted acquisitions, and organic development.

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