Admiral Group plc (LON:ADM - Get Free Report) hit a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 3,316.63 ($44.12) and last traded at GBX 3,292 ($43.79), with a volume of 3572845 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 3,258 ($43.34).
Admiral Group Trading Up 0.6 %
The company has a current ratio of 7.57, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 115.01. The stock has a market cap of £10.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.56, a P/E/G ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 0.18. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 3,066.26 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 2,795.77.
Admiral Group (LON:ADM - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 216.60 ($2.88) EPS for the quarter. Admiral Group had a net margin of 8.82% and a return on equity of 38.14%. On average, research analysts forecast that Admiral Group plc will post 161.0199297 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Admiral Group Increases Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be given a dividend of GBX 121 ($1.61) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 15th. This is a positive change from Admiral Group's previous dividend of $71.00. This represents a yield of 4.02%. Admiral Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 66.39%.
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Admiral Group plc is an established financial services provider offering motor, household, travel and pet insurance, as well as personal lending products, trading in five countries, namely the UK, France, Italy, Spain and the US. Founded in 1993, Admiral has grown to become an established multinational and multi-product insurer and is proud to be Wales' only FTSE 100 Company.
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