Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) Hits New 52-Week High - Here's What Happened

Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW - Get Free Report) hit a new 52-week high during trading on Monday . The company traded as high as £158.40 ($210.14) and last traded at £158.30 ($210.00), with a volume of 71236 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at £156.80 ($208.01).

Games Workshop Group Trading Down 1.2%

The company has a market cap of £5.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.59, a PEG ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.25. The business's 50-day simple moving average is £144.81 and its 200-day simple moving average is £138.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.77, a current ratio of 3.29 and a quick ratio of 2.33.

Games Workshop Group Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 27th were given a GBX 100 ($1.33) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 27th. Games Workshop Group's dividend payout ratio is presently 82.11%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Games Workshop Group

In other news, insider Kevin Rountree bought 102 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 14th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of £146.25 ($194.02) per share, with a total value of £14,917.50 ($19,789.73). 0.58% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Games Workshop Group

Games Workshop Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Core and Licensing. The company offers games under the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, and Warhammer 40,000 names, as well as Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl.