Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) Insider Doug McCutcheon Acquires 50,000 Shares

Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) insider Doug McCutcheon bought 50,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 23rd. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 328 ($4.10) per share, for a total transaction of £164,000 ($204,769.63).

Worldwide Healthcare Price Performance

WWH opened at GBX 328.61 ($4.10) on Friday. The stock has a market cap of £1.77 billion, a P/E ratio of -2,190.73 and a beta of 0.29. Worldwide Healthcare has a 12 month low of GBX 309 ($3.86) and a 12 month high of GBX 372.50 ($4.65). The company has a quick ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 0.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.60. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 324.22 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 344.09.

Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) last posted its earnings results on Friday, November 15th. The investment trust reported GBX 1.40 ($0.02) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter.

Worldwide Healthcare Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 28th were paid a dividend of GBX 0.70 ($0.01) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 28th. This represents a yield of 0.21%. Worldwide Healthcare’s payout ratio is -2,000.00%.

About Worldwide Healthcare

Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC is a closed-ended investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: WWH).

WWH invests in the global healthcare sector with the objective of achieving a high level of capital growth. WWH invests worldwide in a diversified portfolio of shares in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and related securities in the healthcare sector.