Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) Declares Dividend of GBX 0.70

Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) announced a dividend on Wednesday, October 30th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 28th will be paid a dividend of GBX 0.70 ($0.01) per share by the investment trust on Thursday, January 9th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.21%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 28th. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

Worldwide Healthcare Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of WWH stock opened at GBX 339 ($4.40) on Thursday. Worldwide Healthcare has a 1 year low of GBX 286 ($3.71) and a 1 year high of GBX 372.50 ($4.83). The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 352.23 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 353.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.60, a current ratio of 0.29 and a quick ratio of 0.43. The company has a market cap of £1.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2,260.00 and a beta of 0.29.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider William Hemmings bought 7,250 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 2nd. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 345 ($4.47) per share, for a total transaction of £25,012.50 ($32,437.43). Insiders own 0.41% of the company’s stock.

Worldwide Healthcare Company Profile

Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched by Frostrow Capital LLP. The fund is managed by OrbiMed Capital LLC. It invests in public equity markets across the globe. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating in the healthcare sector, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.