Keywords Studios (LON:KWS) Reaches New 12-Month Low at $2,092.00

Keywords Studios plc (LON:KWS – Get Rating) reached a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as low as GBX 2,092 ($26.02) and last traded at GBX 2,096 ($26.07), with a volume of 164091 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 2,238 ($27.84).

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on KWS shares. Numis Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 3,280 ($40.80) target price on shares of Keywords Studios in a report on Wednesday, February 1st. Barclays increased their target price on shares of Keywords Studios from GBX 3,200 ($39.80) to GBX 3,300 ($41.04) and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, January 26th. Finally, Shore Capital reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Keywords Studios in a report on Thursday, March 30th.

Keywords Studios Stock Up 0.6 %

The company has a quick ratio of 1.70, a current ratio of 1.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.64. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 2,545.83 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 2,705.83. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.61 billion, a PE ratio of 3,984.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.97 and a beta of 0.97.

Keywords Studios Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 1st will be issued a GBX 1.60 ($0.02) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 1st. This is a positive change from Keywords Studios’s previous dividend of $0.77. This represents a yield of 0.06%. Keywords Studios’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 392.16%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Don Robert acquired 110 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, May 5th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,254 ($28.03) per share, for a total transaction of £2,479.40 ($3,083.83). In other Keywords Studios news, insider Don Robert bought 110 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 5th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 2,254 ($28.03) per share, with a total value of £2,479.40 ($3,083.83). Also, insider Marion Sears bought 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 24th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,133 ($26.53) per share, with a total value of £21,330 ($26,529.85). Insiders purchased 1,810 shares of company stock worth $4,396,940 over the last three months. Company insiders own 2.96% of the company’s stock.

About Keywords Studios

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Keywords Studios plc provides integrated outsourced creative and technical services to the video game industry. The company offers art creation services related to the production of graphical art assets for inclusion in the video game, including concept art creation, as well as 2D and 3D art asset production and animation.