Smiths Group plc (LON:SMIN - Get Free Report)'s share price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Monday . The company traded as high as GBX 2,314 ($31.07) and last traded at GBX 2,312 ($31.04), with a volume of 1486104 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 2,304 ($30.93).
Smiths Group Trading Up 0.4%
The company has a quick ratio of 1.29, a current ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.55. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 2,175.23 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 1,997.46. The company has a market cap of £7.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.15, a P/E/G ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.66.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, insider Richard Howes purchased 95 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 1st. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 1,859 ($24.96) per share, with a total value of £1,766.05 ($2,371.17). Company insiders own 0.61% of the company's stock.
About Smiths Group
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Smiths Group plc operates as an industrial technology company in Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through four businesses: John Crane, Smiths Detection, Flex-Tek, and Smiths Interconnect. The John Crane business offers mechanical seals, seal support systems, power transmission couplings, and specialized filtration systems.
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