Smiths Group plc (LON:SMIN) Insider Richard Howes Acquires 111 Shares of Stock

Smiths Group plc (LON:SMIN) insider Richard Howes acquired 111 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 1st. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 1,603 ($20.14) per share, for a total transaction of £1,779.33 ($2,235.06).

Smiths Group Price Performance

LON:SMIN opened at GBX 1,604 ($20.15) on Thursday. Smiths Group plc has a one year low of GBX 1,517.50 ($19.06) and a one year high of GBX 1,776.50 ($22.32). The company has a market cap of £5.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 2,430.30, a P/E/G ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.65. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 1,624.15 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 1,643.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 32.22, a current ratio of 1.91 and a quick ratio of 1.29.

Smiths Group Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 4th will be issued a GBX 13.55 ($0.17) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 4th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.82%. Smiths Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 6,363.64%.

Smiths Group Company Profile

Smiths Group plc operates as a technology company in Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through four divisions: John Crane, Smiths Detection, Flex-Tek, and Smiths Interconnect. The John Crane division offers mechanical seals, seal support systems, power transmission couplings, and specialized filtration systems.