Chesnara plc (LON:CSN - Get Free Report) shares reached a new 52-week high on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 292 ($3.97) and last traded at GBX 291 ($3.95), with a volume of 238641 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 287 ($3.90).
Chesnara Trading Up 1.2%
The firm has a market capitalization of £448.10 million, a PE ratio of 107.41 and a beta of 0.44. The company has a quick ratio of 38.06, a current ratio of 2.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.42. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 267.69 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 263.91.
Chesnara (LON:CSN - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Friday, March 28th. The company reported GBX 2.56 ($0.03) EPS for the quarter. Chesnara had a net margin of 1.02% and a return on equity of 1.21%. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Chesnara plc will post 25.3183154 earnings per share for the current year.
Chesnara Increases Dividend
The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 10th were given a dividend of GBX 23.95 ($0.33) per share. This is a positive change from Chesnara's previous dividend of $8.61. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 10th. This represents a dividend yield of 4.24%. Chesnara's dividend payout ratio is currently 875.33%.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, insider Steve Murray bought 11,012 shares of Chesnara stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 28th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 272 ($3.69) per share, with a total value of £29,952.64 ($40,674.42). 5.47% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
About Chesnara
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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.
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