Informa plc (LON:INF) to Issue Dividend of GBX 13.60

Informa plc (LON:INF - Get Free Report) declared a dividend on Thursday, March 6th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, May 29th will be given a dividend of GBX 13.60 ($0.18) per share on Friday, July 11th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.77%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 29th. This is a 112.5% increase from Informa's previous dividend of $6.40. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

Informa Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of LON:INF traded up GBX 3.28 ($0.04) during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching GBX 786.08 ($10.58). 9,427,474 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 14,260,228. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 31.98, a current ratio of 0.56 and a quick ratio of 1.70. The firm has a market cap of £10.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.85, a P/E/G ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 1.12. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 743.89 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 800.50. Informa has a 1 year low of GBX 634.20 ($8.53) and a 1 year high of GBX 911.60 ($12.27).

Informa (LON:INF - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 50.40 ($0.68) earnings per share for the quarter. Informa had a net margin of 9.30% and a return on equity of 4.75%. Equities research analysts forecast that Informa will post 59.3240265 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 930 ($12.51) price target on shares of Informa in a research report on Friday, May 23rd.

Insider Activity at Informa

In other Informa news, insider Louise Smalley bought 5,050 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 19th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 779 ($10.48) per share, for a total transaction of £39,339.50 ($52,932.59). Also, insider John Rishton purchased 2,608 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 11th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 761 ($10.24) per share, for a total transaction of £19,846.88 ($26,704.63). Insiders have bought a total of 9,858 shares of company stock valued at $7,603,838 over the last 90 days. 0.53% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Informa Company Profile

Informa LSE: INF.L is a leading international Information Services, Advanced Learning, B2B Exhibitions and Events Group. We're here to champion the specialist. Through hundreds of brands and a range of products and services, we connect businesses and professionals with the knowledge they need to learn more, know more and do more.