Hilton Food Group plc (LON:HFG - Get Free Report)'s share price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as GBX 912 ($11.26) and last traded at GBX 912 ($11.26), with a volume of 74684 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 894 ($11.04).
Analyst Ratings Changes
Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed a "house stock" rating on shares of Hilton Food Group in a report on Wednesday, April 3rd.
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Hilton Food Group Price Performance
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 153.45, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.17. The firm has a market cap of £817.15 million, a P/E ratio of 2,280.00, a P/E/G ratio of 17.31 and a beta of 0.59. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 834.24 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 767.35.
Hilton Food Group Increases Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 30th will be paid a GBX 23 ($0.28) dividend. This is an increase from Hilton Food Group's previous dividend of $9.00. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 30th. This represents a yield of 2.69%. Hilton Food Group's payout ratio is presently 8,000.00%.
Insider Activity at Hilton Food Group
In other news, insider Patricia Dimond sold 2,236 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 867 ($10.71), for a total value of £19,386.12 ($23,945.31). 13.99% of the stock is owned by insiders.
About Hilton Food Group
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Hilton Food Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the food packing business. It offers beef, pork, lamb, poultry, seafood, and vegan and vegetarian food, such as steak, roast, diced, mince, meatloaf, sausages, burgers, meatballs ribs, chops, bacon, gammon, schnitzel, pulled belly, rib rack, smoked loin, shanks, carcass, chicken kabab, chicken drumsticks, chicken tight, chicken wings, half chicken, duck leg, duck half, coated, salmon, white fish, shellfish, fish cakes, smoked salmon, strips, nuggets, pulled, and balls.
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