Empiric Student Property Plc (LON:ESP) Insider Donald Grant Acquires 20,876 Shares

Empiric Student Property Plc (LON:ESP) insider Donald Grant purchased 20,876 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 17th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 95 ($1.24) per share, for a total transaction of £19,832.20 ($25,897.36).

Empiric Student Property Trading Up 1.5 %

Shares of ESP stock opened at GBX 95.80 ($1.25) on Friday. Empiric Student Property Plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 82.20 ($1.07) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 100 ($1.31). The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 97.48 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 94.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.27, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 1.45. The company has a market cap of £578.16 million, a PE ratio of 1,061.11, a P/E/G ratio of 2.03 and a beta of 1.05.

Empiric Student Property Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 5th were given a dividend of GBX 0.88 ($0.01) per share. This represents a yield of 0.89%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 5th. Empiric Student Property’s dividend payout ratio is 4,444.44%.

Empiric Student Property Company Profile

Empiric Student Property plc is a leading provider and operator of modern, predominantly direct-let, premium student accommodation serving key UK universities. Investing in both operating and development assets, Empiric is a fully integrated operational student property business focused on premium studio-led accommodation managed through its Hello Student operating platform, that is attractive to affluent growing student segments.