Insider Buying: RWS Holdings plc (LON:RWS) Insider Buys 1,000,000 Shares of Stock

RWS Holdings plc (LON:RWS - Get Free Report) insider Benjamin Faes purchased 1,000,000 shares of RWS stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 24th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 68 ($0.91) per share, with a total value of £680,000 ($912,017.17).

RWS Stock Performance

LON RWS traded up GBX 3.80 ($0.05) during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting GBX 67 ($0.90). The company's stock had a trading volume of 27,704,879 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,191,974. RWS Holdings plc has a 12 month low of GBX 60.80 ($0.82) and a 12 month high of GBX 212 ($2.84). The company's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 115.61 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 142.60. The company has a market cap of £247.11 million, a P/E ratio of -6.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.29, a current ratio of 1.76 and a quick ratio of 1.43.

RWS Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 16th were issued a GBX 9.80 ($0.13) dividend. This represents a yield of 3.96%. This is an increase from RWS's previous dividend of $2.40. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, January 16th. RWS's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -119.36%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Shore Capital restated an "under review" rating on shares of RWS in a report on Thursday, April 24th.

RWS Company Profile

RWS Holdings plc is a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content and intellectual property services. Through content transformation and multilingual data analysis, our unique combination of technology and cultural expertise helps our clients to grow by ensuring they are understood anywhere, in any language. Our purpose is unlocking global understanding.