RWS (LON:RWS) Shares Down 33.3% - Time to Sell?

RWS Holdings plc (LON:RWS - Get Free Report)'s stock price was down 33.3% on Thursday . The company traded as low as GBX 74.50 ($1.00) and last traded at GBX 77 ($1.03). Approximately 4,813,686 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 254% from the average daily volume of 1,360,084 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 115.40 ($1.55).

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital restated an "under review" rating on shares of RWS in a research note on Thursday, April 24th.

RWS Stock Performance

The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 117.05 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 143.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.29, a current ratio of 1.76 and a quick ratio of 1.43. The stock has a market capitalization of £233.83 million, a PE ratio of -6.31, a P/E/G ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 0.76.

RWS Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 16th were paid a GBX 9.80 ($0.13) dividend. This is an increase from RWS's previous dividend of $2.40. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, January 16th. This represents a yield of 3.96%. RWS's payout ratio is presently -119.36%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other RWS news, insider Benjamin Faes purchased 1,000,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 24th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 68 ($0.91) per share, for a total transaction of £680,000 ($913,610.10). 46.21% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

RWS Company Profile

RWS Holdings plc is a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content and intellectual property services. Through content transformation and multilingual data analysis, our unique combination of technology and cultural expertise helps our clients to grow by ensuring they are understood anywhere, in any language. Our purpose is unlocking global understanding.