Vesuvius plc (LON:VSVS - Get Free Report) declared a dividend on Thursday, March 6th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be given a dividend of GBX 16.40 ($0.22) per share on Friday, June 6th. This represents a dividend yield of 4.14%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 24th. This is a 131.0% increase from Vesuvius's previous dividend of $7.10. The official announcement can be seen at this link.
Vesuvius Price Performance
VSVS traded up GBX 4 ($0.05) during trading on Friday, hitting GBX 329.20 ($4.38). 288,183 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,282,340. The company has a current ratio of 1.57, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 41.62. The company has a market cap of £841.69 million, a PE ratio of 8.51, a P/E/G ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.20. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 375.09 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 391.95. Vesuvius has a 1 year low of GBX 310.80 ($4.14) and a 1 year high of GBX 509 ($6.78).
Vesuvius (LON:VSVS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 7th. The company reported GBX 43.30 ($0.58) earnings per share for the quarter. Vesuvius had a return on equity of 8.49% and a net margin of 5.56%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Vesuvius will post 51.3945695 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, insider Patrick André sold 156,406 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 390 ($5.19), for a total transaction of £609,983.40 ($812,228.23). Corporate insiders own 1.28% of the company's stock.
Vesuvius Company Profile
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We are a global leader in metal flow engineering, providing a full range of engineering services and solutions to its customers worldwide, principally serving the steel and foundry industries.
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