PHSC (LON:PHSC) Sets New 1-Year High at $33.97

Shares of PHSC plc (LON:PHSC) reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as GBX 33.97 ($0.45) and last traded at GBX 33.97 ($0.45), with a volume of 10009 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 32.50 ($0.43).

PHSC Trading Up 4.5 %

The company has a market capitalization of £3.49 million, a P/E ratio of 1,698.50 and a beta of 0.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.42, a current ratio of 2.01 and a quick ratio of 2.35. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 26.75 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 24.39.

PHSC Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 19th will be issued a GBX 1.25 ($0.02) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 19th. This is a positive change from PHSC’s previous dividend of $0.75. This represents a dividend yield of 4.9%. PHSC’s dividend payout ratio is currently 10,000.00%.

Insider Activity

In other PHSC news, insider Stephen A. King sold 22,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 127 ($1.67), for a total transaction of £28,575 ($37,573.96). In related news, insider Stephen A. King sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 27 ($0.36), for a total value of £2,700 ($3,550.30). Also, insider Stephen A. King sold 22,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 127 ($1.67), for a total value of £28,575 ($37,573.96). Insiders sold a total of 50,000 shares of company stock valued at $3,565,000 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 51.43% of the company’s stock.

PHSC Company Profile

PHSC plc, through its subsidiaries, provides health, safety, hygiene, and environmental consultancy services and security solutions to the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom. The company also offers food safety, training and consultancy, legionella and occupational hygiene, statutory examination, CCTV, security tagging, foot fall counting/analysis, product protection, and security label services.