Admiral Group plc (LON:ADM) Raises Dividend to GBX 121 Per Share

Admiral Group plc (LON:ADM - Get Free Report) declared a dividend on Thursday, March 6th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be given a dividend of GBX 121 ($1.61) per share on Friday, June 13th. This represents a dividend yield of 4.02%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. This is a 70.4% increase from Admiral Group's previous dividend of $71.00. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

Admiral Group Stock Performance

Shares of Admiral Group stock traded up GBX 40 ($0.53) during trading on Friday, hitting GBX 3,306 ($43.92). 492,651 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,795,697. The stock has a market capitalization of £10.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 0.18. The company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 3,091.06 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 2,812.75. Admiral Group has a 1-year low of GBX 2,383 ($31.66) and a 1-year high of GBX 3,404 ($45.22). The company has a current ratio of 7.57, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 115.01.

Admiral Group (LON:ADM - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 216.60 ($2.88) earnings per share for the quarter. Admiral Group had a net margin of 8.82% and a return on equity of 38.14%. As a group, equities analysts predict that Admiral Group will post 161.0199297 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Admiral Group

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.