Epwin Group (LON:EPWN) Reaches New 12-Month High - What's Next?

Epwin Group Plc (LON:EPWN - Get Free Report)'s stock price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 110 ($1.51) and last traded at GBX 109 ($1.50), with a volume of 282437 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 109 ($1.50).

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Shore Capital reissued a "house stock" rating on shares of Epwin Group in a research report on Wednesday, April 9th.

Epwin Group Stock Performance

The stock's 50-day moving average price is GBX 98.59 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 94.27. The firm has a market cap of £146.99 million, a P/E ratio of 16.84 and a beta of 1.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 34.90, a current ratio of 1.18 and a quick ratio of 0.72.

Epwin Group (LON:EPWN - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 9th. The company reported GBX 10.12 ($0.14) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Epwin Group had a net margin of 2.81% and a return on equity of 8.92%. As a group, equities analysts predict that Epwin Group Plc will post 10.9925293 EPS for the current year.

Epwin Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 17th were given a dividend of GBX 13 ($0.18) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 17th. This is a boost from Epwin Group's previous dividend of $2.10. This represents a yield of 3.03%. Epwin Group's dividend payout ratio is 78.71%.

About Epwin Group

Epwin is the leading manufacturer of energy efficient and low maintenance building products, with significant market shares, supplying the Repair, Maintenance and Improvement (“RMI”), new build and social housing sectors.