Kier Group plc Declares Dividend of GBX 2 (LON:KIE)

Kier Group plc (LON:KIE - Get Free Report) announced a dividend on Tuesday, March 11th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be paid a dividend of GBX 2 ($0.03) per share on Monday, June 2nd. This represents a dividend yield of 1.66%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 24th. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

Kier Group Stock Performance

Shares of LON KIE traded up GBX 2.60 ($0.03) during midday trading on Friday, reaching GBX 137.60 ($1.83). 755,980 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,287,888. The stock has a market cap of £592.31 million, a P/E ratio of 13.85, a PEG ratio of 0.29 and a beta of 1.14. Kier Group has a 1 year low of GBX 107.20 ($1.43) and a 1 year high of GBX 163.27 ($2.17). The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 132.22 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 141.16. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 302.83.

Kier Group (LON:KIE - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 8.70 ($0.12) earnings per share for the quarter. Kier Group had a return on equity of 8.23% and a net margin of 1.09%. On average, research analysts forecast that Kier Group will post 20.4913295 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Kier Group

In other Kier Group news, insider Matthew Lester acquired 16,310 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 11th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 123 ($1.64) per share, for a total transaction of £20,061.30 ($26,712.78). 6.07% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Berenberg Bank restated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 210 ($2.80) price objective on shares of Kier Group in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd.

About Kier Group

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.