GlobalData (LON:DATA) Sets New 52-Week High at $233.00

GlobalData Plc (LON:DATA) hit a new 52-week high on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 233 ($2.93) and last traded at GBX 232 ($2.91), with a volume of 513167 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 231 ($2.90).

GlobalData Stock Up 1.0 %

The business has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 193.75 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 182.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 500.69, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a current ratio of 0.62. The company has a market cap of £1.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5,950.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 0.61.

GlobalData Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 21st were paid a GBX 3.20 ($0.04) dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 21st. This represents a yield of 1.8%. This is an increase from GlobalData’s previous dividend of $1.40. GlobalData’s payout ratio is currently 12,500.00%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Graham Lilley acquired 10,876 shares of GlobalData stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 12th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 179 ($2.25) per share, for a total transaction of £19,468.04 ($24,457.34). 68.07% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About GlobalData

GlobalData Plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides business information in the form of proprietary data, analytics, and insights in Europe, North America, and the Asia Pacific. The company also offers performance advertising services. It serves aerospace, defense, and security; agribusiness; apparel; automotive; banking and payments; construction; consumer; food services; healthcare; insurance; medical devices; mining; oil and gas; packaging; pharmaceutical; power; retail; technology; travel and tourism; and sport industries, as well as public sectors.