Rich Cashin Acquires 10 Shares of Avon Protection plc (LON:AVON) Stock

Avon Protection plc (LON:AVON) insider Rich Cashin bought 10 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 5th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 1,447 ($18.00) per share, for a total transaction of £144.70 ($179.95).

Avon Protection Price Performance

Shares of Avon Protection stock opened at GBX 1,466 ($18.23) on Friday. The stock has a market cap of £439.80 million, a P/E ratio of -3,186.96, a P/E/G ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 0.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 61.54, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a current ratio of 2.47. The stock’s fifty day moving average is GBX 1,455.83 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 1,324.72. Avon Protection plc has a one year low of GBX 805 ($10.01) and a one year high of GBX 1,550 ($19.28).

Avon Protection Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 6th. This is an increase from Avon Protection’s previous dividend of $0.07. This represents a dividend yield of 0.97%. Avon Protection’s payout ratio is -3,913.04%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Shore Capital reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Avon Protection in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th.

Avon Protection Company Profile

We are a world leader in protective equipment, with a reputation for innovative design, high-performance quality and specialist materials expertise.
Our two businesses, Avon Protection and Team Wendy, supply our respiratory and head protection portfolio to customers across the globe from our manufacturing sites in the UK and North America.
With over 900 talented people our shared purpose and core beliefs are to be #FIERCE about Protecting Lives.