Stuart Lorimer Sells 52,599 Shares of A.G. BARR p.l.c. (LON:BAG) Stock

A.G. BARR p.l.c. (LON:BAG - Get Free Report) insider Stuart Lorimer sold 52,599 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, April 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 570 ($7.10), for a total transaction of £299,814.30 ($373,228.31).

Stuart Lorimer also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, April 5th, Stuart Lorimer sold 8,352 shares of A.G. BARR stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 584 ($7.27), for a total transaction of £48,775.68 ($60,719.13).
• On Wednesday, February 7th, Stuart Lorimer bought 27 shares of A.G. BARR stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 542 ($6.75) per share, with a total value of £146.34 ($182.17).

A.G. BARR Trading Down 0.7 %

LON:BAG traded down GBX 4 ($0.05) during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting GBX 566 ($7.05). The company had a trading volume of 90,120 shares, compared to its average volume of 144,685. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 1.99 and a current ratio of 2.09. A.G. BARR p.l.c. has a fifty-two week low of GBX 446 ($5.55) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 591.75 ($7.37). The firm has a market cap of £633.30 million, a P/E ratio of 1,664.71, a P/E/G ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 0.34. The business's fifty day moving average is GBX 543.72 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 521.24.

A.G. BARR Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 9th will be given a GBX 12.40 ($0.15) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 2.41%. This is an increase from A.G. BARR's previous dividend of $2.65. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 9th. A.G. BARR's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 4,411.76%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on BAG shares. Barclays upgraded A.G. BARR to an "equal weight" rating and set a GBX 522 ($6.50) target price for the company in a research note on Friday, March 8th. Shore Capital reaffirmed a "house stock" rating on shares of A.G. BARR in a report on Thursday, February 1st.

A.G. BARR Company Profile

A.G. BARR p.l.c., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells soft drinks and cocktail solutions in the United Kingdom and internationally. It provides carbonated and flavored soft drinks, pre-mixed cocktails, fruit juices, spring and sparkling water, fruit puree, oat drinks, boost drinks, iced tea, and other non-alcoholic beverages.