Chesnara (LON:CSN) Reaches New 52-Week High - What's Next?

Chesnara plc (LON:CSN - Get Free Report)'s stock price reached a new 52-week high on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 297.50 ($4.02) and last traded at GBX 294.50 ($3.98), with a volume of 79432 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 295.50 ($3.99).

Chesnara Stock Up 0.3%

The stock has a market capitalization of £449.62 million, a P/E ratio of 107.77 and a beta of 0.44. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 269.03 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 264.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.42, a quick ratio of 38.06 and a current ratio of 2.55.

Chesnara (LON:CSN - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Friday, March 28th. The company reported GBX 2.56 ($0.03) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Chesnara had a net margin of 1.02% and a return on equity of 1.21%. As a group, research analysts expect that Chesnara plc will post 25.3183154 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Chesnara Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 10th were issued a GBX 23.95 ($0.32) dividend. This represents a yield of 4.24%. This is a boost from Chesnara's previous dividend of $8.61. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 10th. Chesnara's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 875.33%.

Insider Transactions at Chesnara

In other Chesnara news, insider Steve Murray acquired 11,012 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, March 28th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 272 ($3.67) per share, with a total value of £29,952.64 ($40,438.29). 5.47% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Chesnara

Chesnara (CSN.L) is a European life and pensions consolidator listed on the London Stock Exchange. It administers approximately one million policies and operates as Countrywide Assured in the UK, as The Waard Group and Scildon in the Netherlands, and as Movestic in Sweden. Following a three-pillar strategy, Chesnara's primary responsibility is the efficient administration of its customers' life and savings policies, ensuring good customer outcomes and providing a secure and compliant environment to protect policyholder interests.