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

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

RWS Stock Performance

The company has a current ratio of 1.76, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.29. The firm's 50-day moving average is GBX 117.05 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 143.15. The stock has a market cap of £233.83 million, a price-to-earnings 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 declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 16th were given a dividend of GBX 9.80 ($0.13) per share. This is a boost from RWS's previous dividend of $2.40. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, January 16th. This represents a dividend yield of 3.96%. 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 stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 24th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 68 ($0.91) per share, for a total transaction of £680,000 ($913,610.10). 46.21% of the stock is currently owned by company 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.