Howden Joinery Group Plc (LON:HWDN - Get Free Report) insider Paul Hayes purchased 17 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 15th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 899 ($11.74) per share, for a total transaction of £152.83 ($199.57).
Paul Hayes also recently made the following trade(s):
Howden Joinery Group stock opened at GBX 916 ($11.96) on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 75.88, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a current ratio of 1.99. The company has a market capitalization of £5.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,985.87, a PEG ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 1.07. Howden Joinery Group Plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 612 ($7.99) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 982.50 ($12.83). The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 920.36 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 904.36.
The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 22nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 17th will be issued a GBX 4.90 ($0.06) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 17th. This represents a yield of 0.52%. Howden Joinery Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 4,565.22%.
Separately, Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price target on Howden Joinery Group from GBX 1,042 ($13.61) to GBX 1,090 ($14.23) and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 20th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 904.29 ($11.81).
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Howden Joinery Group Plc supplies various kitchen, joinery, and hardware products in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, and the Republic of Ireland. The company's product portfolio worktops, sinks and taps, flooring, appliances, and handles; internal and external doors, including fire doors, flooring, stair parts, and general joinery items; and cooking, cleaning, and cooling appliances.
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