Louise Smalley Acquires 5,050 Shares of Informa plc (LON:INF) Stock

Informa plc (LON:INF) insider Louise Smalley bought 5,050 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 19th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 779 ($10.06) per share, with a total value of £39,339.50 ($50,793.42).

Informa Stock Down 0.1 %

LON:INF opened at GBX 785.20 ($10.14) on Friday. Informa plc has a 1 year low of GBX 730.80 ($9.44) and a 1 year high of GBX 911.60 ($11.77). The company has a current ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 1.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 31.98. The stock has a market cap of £10.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.81, a PEG ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 1.12. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 834.70 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 829.68.

Informa (LON:INF) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 50.40 ($0.65) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Informa had a return on equity of 4.75% and a net margin of 9.30%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Informa plc will post 59.3240265 earnings per share for the current year.

Informa Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 29th will be paid a GBX 13.60 ($0.18) dividend. This represents a yield of 1.77%. This is a boost from Informa’s previous dividend of $6.40. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 29th. Informa’s payout ratio is presently 81.82%.

Informa Company Profile

Informa (LSE:INF.L) is a leading international Information Services, Advanced Learning, B2B Exhibitions and Events Group. We’re here to champion the specialist. Through hundreds of brands and a range of products and services, we connect businesses and professionals with the knowledge they need to learn more, know more and do more.