Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) Shares Cross Below 200-Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW - Get Free Report) crossed below its two hundred day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of £131.47 ($172.08) and traded as low as £122.50 ($160.34). Games Workshop Group shares last traded at £124.50 ($162.96), with a volume of 8,814,659 shares.

Games Workshop Group Stock Up 1.3 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.77, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a current ratio of 3.29. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is £141.40 and its 200 day simple moving average is £132.23. The stock has a market capitalization of £4.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.13, a P/E/G ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.25.

Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 14th. The company reported GBX 288.90 ($3.78) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Games Workshop Group had a net margin of 28.74% and a return on equity of 60.82%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Games Workshop Group PLC will post 448.9953023 earnings per share for the current year.

Games Workshop Group Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 27th will be paid a GBX 100 ($1.31) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 27th. Games Workshop Group's dividend payout ratio is 82.11%.

Insider Transactions at Games Workshop Group

In other Games Workshop Group news, insider Kevin Rountree bought 102 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 14th. The stock was acquired at an average price of £146.25 ($191.43) per share, with a total value of £14,917.50 ($19,525.52). 0.58% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Games Workshop Group Company Profile

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.