Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) Hits New 1-Year High – Still a Buy?

Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as £138.10 ($175.90) and last traded at £136.90 ($174.37), with a volume of 99953 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at £134.30 ($171.06).

Games Workshop Group Trading Up 1.9 %

The company’s 50 day simple moving average is £117.67 and its 200 day simple moving average is £107.47. The firm has a market cap of £4.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,078.43, a P/E/G ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.77, a current ratio of 3.29 and a quick ratio of 2.33.

Games Workshop Group Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 29th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 24th were paid a GBX 85 ($1.08) dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, October 24th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.73%. Games Workshop Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 8,169.93%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Kevin Rountree acquired 143 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 16th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of £105.26 ($134.07) per share, with a total value of £15,052.18 ($19,172.31). Insiders own 0.58% of the company’s stock.

Games Workshop Group Company Profile

Games Workshop Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Core and Licensing. The company offers games under the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, and Warhammer 40,000 names, as well as Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl.