RWS (LON:RWS) Shares Down 44.4% - What's Next?

RWS Holdings plc (LON:RWS - Get Free Report) 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 were traded 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).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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

RWS Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.29, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a current ratio of 1.76. The company has a market capitalization of £236.20 million, a P/E ratio of -6.37, a P/E/G ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 0.76. The business's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 115.61 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 142.60.

RWS Increases Dividend

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

Insider Activity at RWS

In related news, insider Benjamin Faes acquired 1,000,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 24th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 68 ($0.91) per share, for a total transaction of £680,000 ($912,017.17). 46.21% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About RWS

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.