RWS (LON:RWS) Trading Down 44.4% - Time to Sell?

RWS Holdings plc (LON:RWS - Get Free Report)'s share price was down 44.4% during mid-day trading on Friday . The company traded as low as GBX 64.20 ($0.86) and last traded at GBX 64.20 ($0.86). Approximately 19,957,436 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 1,186% from the average daily volume of 1,551,777 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 115.40 ($1.55).

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

RWS Stock Performance

The firm's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 115.61 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 142.60. The company has a market cap of £247.11 million, a PE ratio of -6.66, a P/E/G ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a current ratio of 1.76, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.29.

RWS Increases Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Benjamin Faes bought 1,000,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 24th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 68 ($0.91) per share, with a total value of £680,000 ($912,017.17). Corporate insiders own 46.21% of the company's stock.

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.