G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) Short Interest Down 87.5% in March

G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 500 shares, a drop of 87.5% from the February 28th total of 4,000 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 7,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

G. Willi-Food International Stock Down 4.1 %

WILC stock opened at $15.28 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $211.99 million, a P/E ratio of 13.52 and a beta of 0.88. G. Willi-Food International has a 52-week low of $8.18 and a 52-week high of $17.58. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $16.63 and its 200-day simple moving average is $14.45.

G. Willi-Food International (NASDAQ:WILC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. G. Willi-Food International had a return on equity of 10.29% and a net margin of 9.79%. The company had revenue of $40.50 million for the quarter.

G. Willi-Food International Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a — dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.5911 per share. This represents a yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 24th. G. Willi-Food International’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 31.88%.

Institutional Trading of G. Willi-Food International

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in G. Willi-Food International stock. Northern Trust Corp bought a new position in shares of G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 31,930 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $521,000. Northern Trust Corp owned 0.23% of G. Willi-Food International at the end of the most recent reporting period. 9.45% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

G. Willi-Food International Company Profile

G. Willi-Food International Ltd. designs, imports, markets, and distributes food products worldwide. The company offers mushrooms, artichoke, beans, asparagus, capers, corn kernels, baby corn, palm hearts, vine leaves, sour pickles, mixed pickled vegetables, pickled peppers, olives, garlic, roasted eggplant sun, and dried tomatoes; and canned fish comprising tuna, sardine, anchovies, smoked and pressed cod liver, herring, fish paste, and salmon products.