Crest Nicholson Holdings plc (CRST) To Go Ex-Dividend on March 27th

Crest Nicholson Holdings plc (LON:CRST) declared a dividend on Tuesday, February 4th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th will be paid a dividend of GBX 1.20 ($0.02) per share on Friday, April 25th. This represents a yield of 0.78%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 27th. This is a 20.0% increase from Crest Nicholson’s previous dividend of $1.00. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

Crest Nicholson Stock Up 5.7 %

Shares of LON:CRST opened at GBX 175.09 ($2.26) on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of £449.07 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -16.86, a P/E/G ratio of 0.51 and a beta of 2.00. The business’s 50-day moving average is GBX 164.23 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 170.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.94, a current ratio of 3.27 and a quick ratio of 0.72. Crest Nicholson has a 1 year low of GBX 143.50 ($1.85) and a 1 year high of GBX 272.40 ($3.52).

Crest Nicholson (LON:CRST) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported GBX 5.60 ($0.07) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Crest Nicholson had a negative net margin of 4.21% and a negative return on equity of 3.47%. Equities research analysts predict that Crest Nicholson will post 9.0980939 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider William Floydd acquired 11,024 shares of Crest Nicholson stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 28th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 157 ($2.03) per share, for a total transaction of £17,307.68 ($22,364.23). Company insiders own 9.46% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Crest Nicholson to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from GBX 180 ($2.33) to GBX 190 ($2.46) in a research note on Thursday, December 5th.

About Crest Nicholson

Crest Nicholson Holdings plc engages in building residential homes in the United Kingdom. It develops and sells apartments, houses, and commercial properties. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Addlestone, the United Kingdom.