Knights Group Holdings plc (LON:KGH) to Issue GBX 1.76 Dividend

Knights Group Holdings plc (LON:KGH) announced a dividend on Tuesday, January 14th,Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, February 13th will be given a dividend of GBX 1.76 ($0.02) per share on Friday, March 14th. This represents a yield of 1.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

Knights Group Price Performance

Shares of Knights Group stock opened at GBX 125.65 ($1.55) on Tuesday. Knights Group has a 1-year low of GBX 99.20 ($1.23) and a 1-year high of GBX 160 ($1.98). The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 113.09 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 120.49. The company has a current ratio of 2.58, a quick ratio of 2.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.98. The stock has a market capitalization of £108.07 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,142.28 and a beta of 1.12.

Knights Group (LON:KGH) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 14th. The company reported GBX 12.71 ($0.16) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Knights Group had a net margin of 6.57% and a return on equity of 10.20%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Knights Group will post 22.0875439 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Knights Group

In other news, insider Dave Wilson bought 8,155 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 14th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 123 ($1.52) per share, for a total transaction of £10,030.65 ($12,395.76). 30.06% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Knights Group in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th.

About Knights Group

Knights Group Holdings plc provides legal and professional services in the United Kingdom. The company offers business services comprising of banking, commercial, corporate, data protection, debt advisory , dispute resolution, and housing and regeneration. It also offers services in the areas of immigration, licensing and gambling, and employment.