Smiths Group plc (LON:SMIN - Get Free Report)'s stock price hit a new 52-week high during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as GBX 2,264 ($30.38) and last traded at GBX 2,260 ($30.33), with a volume of 348855 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 2,250 ($30.19).
Smiths Group Price Performance
The company has a current ratio of 2.07, a quick ratio of 1.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.55. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 2,013.29 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 1,930.41. The company has a market cap of £7.63 billion, a PE ratio of 31.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.66.
Smiths Group (LON:SMIN - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 25th. The company reported GBX 55.50 ($0.74) EPS for the quarter. Smiths Group had a return on equity of 11.54% and a net margin of 7.98%. On average, equities analysts predict that Smiths Group plc will post 85.1295337 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Smiths Group Increases Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 17th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 10th were paid a GBX 36 ($0.48) dividend. This is a boost from Smiths Group's previous dividend of $30.20. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 10th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.71%. Smiths Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 61.13%.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, insider Richard Howes purchased 95 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 1st. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 1,859 ($24.95) per share, for a total transaction of £1,766.05 ($2,369.90). 0.61% of the stock is owned by insiders.
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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