Anpario plc (LON:ANP) Insider Marc Wilson Acquires 3,778 Shares

Anpario plc (LON:ANP) insider Marc Wilson acquired 3,778 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 1st. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 398 ($5.17) per share, for a total transaction of £15,036.44 ($19,525.31).

Anpario Trading Down 2.5 %

Shares of ANP opened at GBX 378 ($4.91) on Thursday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 430.88 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 377.47. Anpario plc has a twelve month low of GBX 229.50 ($2.98) and a twelve month high of GBX 488.55 ($6.34). The company has a current ratio of 6.15, a quick ratio of 5.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. The company has a market cap of £64.49 million, a P/E ratio of 20.87 and a beta of 0.58.

Anpario (LON:ANP) last issued its earnings results on Monday, March 31st. The company reported GBX 28.40 ($0.37) EPS for the quarter. Anpario had a net margin of 9.23% and a return on equity of 8.74%. As a group, analysts expect that Anpario plc will post 23.5757801 EPS for the current year.

Anpario Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 25th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 10th will be given a GBX 8 ($0.10) dividend. This is a boost from Anpario’s previous dividend of $3.25. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 10th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.09%. Anpario’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 60.74%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently commented on ANP. Shore Capital reaffirmed a “house stock” rating on shares of Anpario in a research note on Monday. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their target price on shares of Anpario from GBX 380 ($4.93) to GBX 500 ($6.49) and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th.

Anpario Company Profile

Anpario plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of natural feed additives for animal health, hygiene, and nutrition. Its health and performance category offers various products that support and maintain animal gut health, such as phytogenic and acid based eubiotics, and omega fatty acids under the Orego-Stim, Optomega, pHorce, Salkil, and Genex brands; feed quality category provides products, such as enzymes, antioxidants, pellet binders, mould inhibitors, and acid based eubiotics under the pHorce, Feedzyme, Salgard, Oxigard, Moldgard, and Mastercube brands.