Henry Boot (LON:BOOT) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

Henry Boot (LON:BOOT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported GBX 17.40 ($0.22) EPS for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Henry Boot had a return on equity of 2.79% and a net margin of 3.96%.

Henry Boot Trading Down 0.7 %

Shares of Henry Boot stock traded down GBX 1.51 ($0.02) during trading on Thursday, hitting GBX 210.50 ($2.71). The company’s stock had a trading volume of 28,188 shares, compared to its average volume of 81,085. The stock has a market cap of £282.85 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -11.97 and a beta of 0.80. Henry Boot has a 52 week low of GBX 175 ($2.25) and a 52 week high of GBX 245 ($3.15). The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 205.21 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 219.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.17, a current ratio of 2.14 and a quick ratio of 0.84.

Henry Boot Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 1st will be paid a dividend of GBX 4.62 ($0.06) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 1st. This represents a dividend yield of 2.23%. This is an increase from Henry Boot’s previous dividend of $3.08. Henry Boot’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 83.25%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Jonathan James Sykes sold 150,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 200 ($2.57), for a total value of £300,000 ($386,249.52). 69.46% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About Henry Boot

Henry Boot is one of the UK’s leading land, property development, home building and construction businesses – and we’ve been transforming land and spaces since 1886. Listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1919, we’re renowned for quality, expertise, delivery and a partnership approach across the group – which comprises, Hallam Land, HBD, Stonebridge, Henry Boot Construction, Banner Plant and Road Link.

Operating across the UK, and employing over 500 people, we focus on three key markets: urban development, industrial and logistics and residential.