GlobalData Plc (LON:DATA) Plans GBX 1 Dividend

GlobalData Plc (LON:DATA) declared a dividend on Monday, March 10th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, March 20th will be given a dividend of GBX 1 ($0.01) per share on Friday, May 2nd. This represents a dividend yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 20th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

GlobalData Price Performance

DATA traded up GBX 1.50 ($0.02) during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting GBX 155 ($2.01). The company’s stock had a trading volume of 8,743,690 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,152,411. The company has a current ratio of 1.25, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.16. GlobalData has a 12 month low of GBX 150 ($1.95) and a 12 month high of GBX 244 ($3.17). The stock has a market cap of £1.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.04, a P/E/G ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 0.58. The business’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 185.84 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 195.07.

GlobalData (LON:DATA) last issued its earnings results on Monday, March 10th. The company reported GBX 7.50 ($0.10) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. GlobalData had a net margin of 11.96% and a return on equity of 12.99%. Sell-side analysts expect that GlobalData will post 9.6687774 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Berenberg Bank upped their price objective on shares of GlobalData from GBX 295 ($3.83) to GBX 300 ($3.90) and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other GlobalData news, insider Michael Danson sold 2,000,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 195 ($2.53), for a total transaction of £3,900,000 ($5,065,592.93). 66.45% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About GlobalData

GlobalData Plc is a leading data, insights, and analytics platform for the world’s largest industries. Our mission is to help our clients decode the future, make better decisions, and reach more customers.

One Platform Model
GlobalData’s One Platform model is the foundation of our business and is the result of years of continuous investment, targeted acquisitions, and organic development.