Kier Group plc (LON:KIE - Get Free Report) reached a new 52-week low on Friday . The stock traded as low as GBX 116.30 ($1.49) and last traded at GBX 116.79 ($1.49), with a volume of 3110598 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 122.80 ($1.57).
Analyst Ratings Changes
Separately, Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a GBX 210 ($2.68) price objective on shares of Kier Group in a report on Thursday, January 23rd.
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Kier Group Stock Down 2.5 %
The company's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 138.34 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 142.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 302.83, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.69. The firm has a market cap of £513.11 million, a P/E ratio of 12.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.29 and a beta of 1.14.
Kier Group (LON:KIE - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 8.70 ($0.11) EPS for the quarter. Kier Group had a return on equity of 8.23% and a net margin of 1.09%. Research analysts anticipate that Kier Group plc will post 20.4913295 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Kier Group Cuts Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 2nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be given a dividend of GBX 2 ($0.03) per share. This represents a yield of 1.66%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 24th. Kier Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 50.34%.
Insider Transactions at Kier Group
In other Kier Group news, insider Matthew Lester bought 16,310 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 11th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 123 ($1.57) per share, for a total transaction of £20,061.30 ($25,634.17). Company insiders own 6.07% of the company's stock.
About Kier Group
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Kier Group is a leading infrastructure services, construction and property group based in the UK.
Our purpose is to sustainably deliver infrastructure which is vital to the UK with a vision is to be the UK's leading infrastructure services and construction company.
We operate through three segments; Infrastructure Services, Construction and Property.
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