Anpario plc (LON:ANP - Get Free Report) insider Marc Wilson purchased 3,778 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 1st. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 398 ($5.17) per share, for a total transaction of £15,036.44 ($19,525.31).
Anpario Trading Down 2.5 %
ANP opened at GBX 378 ($4.91) on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 430.88 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 377.47. The stock has a market capitalization of £64.49 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.87 and a beta of 0.58. Anpario plc has a 12 month low of GBX 229.50 ($2.98) and a 12 month high of GBX 488.55 ($6.34). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a current ratio of 6.15 and a quick ratio of 5.16.
Anpario (LON:ANP - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, March 31st. The company reported GBX 28.40 ($0.37) EPS for the quarter. Anpario had a return on equity of 8.74% and a net margin of 9.23%. Sell-side analysts expect that Anpario plc will post 23.5757801 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Anpario Increases Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 25th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 10th will be paid a GBX 8 ($0.10) dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 10th. This is a positive change from Anpario's previous dividend of $3.25. This represents a yield of 2.09%. Anpario's payout ratio is currently 60.74%.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of research firms recently weighed in on ANP. Shore Capital reaffirmed a "house stock" rating on shares of Anpario in a report on Monday. Canaccord Genuity Group raised their target price on shares of Anpario from GBX 380 ($4.93) to GBX 500 ($6.49) and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th.
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Anpario plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of natural feed additives for animal health, hygiene, and nutrition. Its health and performance category offers various products that support and maintain animal gut health, such as phytogenic and acid based eubiotics, and omega fatty acids under the Orego-Stim, Optomega, pHorce, Salkil, and Genex brands; feed quality category provides products, such as enzymes, antioxidants, pellet binders, mould inhibitors, and acid based eubiotics under the pHorce, Feedzyme, Salgard, Oxigard, Moldgard, and Mastercube brands.
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