FirstGroup plc Plans Dividend of GBX 1.70 (LON:FGP)

FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP) announced a dividend on Thursday, November 14th,Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, November 28th will be paid a dividend of GBX 1.70 ($0.02) per share by the transport operator on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a dividend yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 28th. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

FirstGroup Stock Performance

Shares of FGP stock opened at GBX 153.80 ($1.93) on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 0.69, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 256.40. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 141.67 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 156.57. FirstGroup has a 12 month low of GBX 128.60 ($1.62) and a 12 month high of GBX 189 ($2.37). The firm has a market capitalization of £924.18 million, a PE ratio of -7,685.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.21 and a beta of 1.59.

Insider Buying and Selling at FirstGroup

In other news, insider Graham Sutherland purchased 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 16th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 153 ($1.92) per share, for a total transaction of £30,600 ($38,432.55). 3.64% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

FirstGroup Company Profile

FirstGroup plc provides public transport services in the United Kingdom. The company operates through First Bus and First Rail segments. The First Bus segment offers local bus services with a fleet of approximately 4,900 buses in the United Kingdom. The First Rail segment operates a passenger rail network that provides long-distance, commuter, regional, and sleeper services through a portfolio of Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, TransPennine Express, and Avanti West Coast franchises; and hull trains and Lumos.