Jennifer Ward Sells 5,738 Shares of Halma plc (LON:HLMA) Stock

Halma plc (LON:HLMA) insider Jennifer Ward sold 5,738 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,680 ($34.00), for a total transaction of £153,778.40 ($195,075.99).

Halma Trading Up 0.6 %

LON HLMA opened at GBX 2,723 ($34.54) on Monday. Halma plc has a one year low of GBX 1,802 ($22.86) and a one year high of GBX 2,750 ($34.89). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 45.76, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a current ratio of 2.68. The firm’s fifty day moving average is GBX 2,372.06 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 2,291.68. The firm has a market cap of £10.29 billion, a PE ratio of 4,324.19, a P/E/G ratio of 4.53 and a beta of 0.59.

Halma Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 16th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 11th will be paid a dividend of GBX 13.20 ($0.17) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 0.56%. This is a positive change from Halma’s previous dividend of $8.41. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 11th. Halma’s payout ratio is 3,333.33%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

HLMA has been the subject of a number of research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 2,400 ($30.45) price target on shares of Halma in a research report on Friday. Shore Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of Halma in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Barclays upgraded shares of Halma to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from GBX 2,425 ($30.76) to GBX 2,650 ($33.62) in a research note on Tuesday, April 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 2,336.25 ($29.64).

Halma Company Profile

Halma plc, together its subsidiaries, provides technology solutions in the safety, health, and environmental markets in the United States, Mainland Europe, the United Kingdom, the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Safety, Environmental & Analysis, and Medical.