RWS Holdings plc (LON:RWS - Get Free Report)'s stock price was down 44.4% during trading on Thursday . The stock 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).
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Separately, Shore Capital reissued an "under review" rating on shares of RWS in a report on Thursday, April 24th.
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RWS Stock Performance
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 50 day simple moving average of GBX 115.61 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 142.60. The company has a market cap of £247.11 million, a PE ratio of -6.66, a PEG ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 0.76.
RWS Increases Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 16th were paid a GBX 9.80 ($0.13) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, January 16th. This represents a yield of 3.96%. This is a boost from RWS's previous dividend of $2.40. RWS's payout ratio is currently -119.36%.
Insider Buying and Selling at RWS
In related news, insider Benjamin Faes bought 1,000,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 24th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 68 ($0.91) per share, with a total value of £680,000 ($912,017.17). 46.21% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
About RWS
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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.
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