Andy Golding Sells 251,584 Shares of OSB Group Plc (LON:OSB) Stock

OSB Group Plc (LON:OSB - Get Free Report) insider Andy Golding sold 251,584 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 484 ($6.43), for a total transaction of £1,217,666.56 ($1,617,946.53).

Andy Golding also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, April 15th, Andy Golding sold 12,143 shares of OSB Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 427 ($5.67), for a total transaction of £51,850.61 ($68,895.31).
• On Tuesday, March 25th, Andy Golding sold 5,399 shares of OSB Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 449 ($5.97), for a total transaction of £24,241.51 ($32,210.35).
• On Thursday, March 20th, Andy Golding sold 27,324 shares of OSB Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 464 ($6.17), for a total transaction of £126,783.36 ($168,460.48).

OSB Group Price Performance

Shares of OSB Group stock traded down GBX 12.32 ($0.16) during trading on Monday, hitting GBX 470 ($6.25). The stock had a trading volume of 503,951 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,633,967. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 442.17 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 412.84. The stock has a market cap of £1.74 billion, a PE ratio of 4.68 and a beta of 1.41. OSB Group Plc has a 12 month low of GBX 343.60 ($4.57) and a 12 month high of GBX 533.50 ($7.09).

OSB Group (LON:OSB - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Friday, March 14th. The company reported GBX 82.20 ($1.09) EPS for the quarter. OSB Group had a net margin of 27.26% and a return on equity of 18.78%. Analysts expect that OSB Group Plc will post 85.1214128 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

OSB Group Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 3rd were issued a GBX 22.90 ($0.30) dividend. This represents a yield of 4.99%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 3rd. OSB Group's payout ratio is presently 32.89%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of OSB Group in a research report on Wednesday, April 30th.

About OSB Group

OSB Group Plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialist mortgage lending and retail savings company in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands. It provides private rented sector related buy-to-let, commercial and semi-commercial mortgages, residential development finance, secured funding, bridging, and asset finance services.

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