Kier Group plc (LON:KIE - Get Free Report) hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 168.60 ($2.27) and last traded at GBX 168.41 ($2.27), with a volume of 15441635 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 165.60 ($2.23).
Kier Group Price Performance
The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 141.36 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 143.62. The stock has a market cap of £732.40 million, a P/E ratio of 17.13, a P/E/G ratio of 0.29 and a beta of 1.14. The company has a quick ratio of 0.69, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 302.83.
Kier Group (LON:KIE - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 8.70 ($0.12) EPS for the quarter. Kier Group had a return on equity of 8.23% and a net margin of 1.09%. On average, analysts forecast that Kier Group plc will post 20.4913295 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Kier Group Cuts Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 24th will be issued a dividend of GBX 2 ($0.03) per share. This represents a yield of 1.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 24th. Kier Group's payout ratio is currently 50.34%.
Insider Activity
In related news, insider Matthew Lester bought 16,310 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 11th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 123 ($1.66) per share, with a total value of £20,061.30 ($27,025.87). 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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