J Sainsbury plc to Issue Dividend of GBX 3.90 (LON:SBRY)

J Sainsbury plc (LON:SBRY) announced a dividend on Thursday, November 7th,Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 14th will be given a dividend of GBX 3.90 ($0.05) per share by the grocer on Friday, December 20th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

J Sainsbury Price Performance

Shares of LON:SBRY opened at GBX 242.15 ($3.12) on Wednesday. J Sainsbury has a one year low of GBX 240.20 ($3.09) and a one year high of GBX 311.16 ($4.00). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 95.36, a current ratio of 0.66 and a quick ratio of 0.53. The company has a market cap of £5.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4,030.00, a PEG ratio of 0.42 and a beta of 0.67. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 282.16 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 274.26.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital reiterated a “house stock” rating on shares of J Sainsbury in a research note on Thursday, November 7th.

J Sainsbury Company Profile

J Sainsbury plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the food, general merchandise and clothing retailing, and financial services activities in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It operates through three segments: Retail Food, Retail General Merchandise and Clothing, and Financial Services.