PHSC (LON:PHSC) Hits New 12-Month High at $33.97

Shares of PHSC plc (LON:PHSC) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as GBX 33.97 ($0.44) and last traded at GBX 33.65 ($0.44), with a volume of 1779 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 32.50 ($0.43).

PHSC Price Performance

The stock’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 27.62 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 24.81. 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 market capitalization of £3.46 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,682.50 and a beta of 0.82.

PHSC Increases Dividend

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

Insider Transactions at PHSC

In other news, insider Stephen A. King sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 27 ($0.35), for a total value of £2,700 ($3,530.80). In related news, insider Stephen A. King sold 22,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 127 ($1.66), for a total transaction of £28,575 ($37,367.60). Also, insider Stephen A. King sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 27 ($0.35), for a total transaction of £2,700 ($3,530.80). Over the last three months, insiders sold 50,000 shares of company stock worth $3,565,000. 49.77% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.