Insider Selling: OSB Group Plc (LON:OSB) Insider Sells 12,143 Shares of Stock

OSB Group Plc (LON:OSB - Get Free Report) insider Andy Golding sold 12,143 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 427 ($5.71), for a total value of £51,850.61 ($69,383.93).

Andy Golding also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, March 25th, Andy Golding sold 5,399 shares of OSB Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 449 ($6.01), for a total value of £24,241.51 ($32,438.79).
• On Thursday, March 20th, Andy Golding sold 27,324 shares of OSB Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 464 ($6.21), for a total transaction of £126,783.36 ($169,655.24).

OSB Group Trading Up 1.1 %

OSB Group stock traded up GBX 4.64 ($0.06) during midday trading on Monday, hitting GBX 436.64 ($5.84). 433,980 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,763,268. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 429.20 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 404.43. OSB Group Plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 343.60 ($4.60) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 533.50 ($7.14). The stock has a market capitalization of £1.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.35 and a beta of 1.41.

OSB Group (LON:OSB - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 14th. The company reported GBX 82.20 ($1.10) earnings per share for the quarter. OSB Group had a return on equity of 18.78% and a net margin of 27.26%. Equities analysts anticipate that OSB Group Plc will post 85.1214128 EPS for the current fiscal year.

OSB Group Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 3rd were paid a GBX 22.90 ($0.31) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 4.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 3rd. OSB Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 32.89%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Shore Capital reissued a "buy" rating on shares of OSB Group in a research note on Friday, March 14th.

About OSB Group

OSB Group Plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialist mortgage lending and retail savings company in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands. It provides private rented sector related buy-to-let, commercial and semi-commercial mortgages, residential development finance, secured funding, bridging, and asset finance services.