Epwin Group (LON:EPWN) Stock Price Passes Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

Epwin Group Plc (LON:EPWN - Get Free Report) passed below its two hundred day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 94.73 ($1.28) and traded as low as GBX 94.50 ($1.28). Epwin Group shares last traded at GBX 97 ($1.31), with a volume of 742,268 shares changing hands.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

Epwin Group Price Performance

The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 93.02 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 94.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 34.90, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a current ratio of 1.18. The company has a market capitalization of £140.13 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.06 and a beta of 1.14.

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 for the quarter. Epwin Group had a return on equity of 8.92% and a net margin of 2.81%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Epwin Group Plc will post 10.9925293 earnings per share for the current year.

Epwin Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 17th were issued a dividend of GBX 13 ($0.18) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 3.03%. This is an increase from Epwin Group's previous dividend of $2.10. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 17th. Epwin Group's dividend payout ratio is presently 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.