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 the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 15th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 167 ($2.11) per share, for a total transaction of £150.30 ($190.18).

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

• On Tuesday, October 15th, Chris Birch purchased 82 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 183 ($2.32) per share, for a total transaction of £150.06 ($189.88).
• 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 ($2.42), for a total transaction of £22,545.64 ($28,527.95).

Harworth Group Stock Down 1.5 %

HWG opened at GBX 165 ($2.09) on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of £534.02 million, a PE ratio of 1,100.00 and a beta of 0.74. The business has a 50-day moving average of GBX 180.29 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 163.69. 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 fifty-two week low of GBX 104.50 ($1.32) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 195 ($2.47).

Harworth Group Cuts Dividend

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

About Harworth Group

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.