Bradley Leonard Ormsby Buys 1 Shares of Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) Stock

Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) insider Bradley Leonard Ormsby bought 1 shares of Judges Scientific stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 7th. The stock was bought at an average cost of £114.50 ($143.84) per share, with a total value of £114.50 ($143.84).

Bradley Leonard Ormsby also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, April 15th, Bradley Leonard Ormsby sold 20,424 shares of Judges Scientific stock. The shares were sold at an average price of £112 ($140.70), for a total value of £2,287,488 ($2,873,728.64).

Judges Scientific Price Performance

Shares of JDG opened at £117.50 ($147.61) on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 1.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 79.06. Judges Scientific plc has a twelve month low of GBX 7,300 ($91.71) and a twelve month high of £118.98 ($149.47). The stock has a market capitalization of £780.20 million, a P/E ratio of 8,181.82, a P/E/G ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a 50 day moving average of £110.13 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 9,869.26.

Judges Scientific Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 5th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 6th will be issued a dividend of GBX 68 ($0.85) per share. This is a boost from Judges Scientific’s previous dividend of $27.00. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 6th. This represents a yield of 0.59%. Judges Scientific’s dividend payout ratio is presently 6,643.36%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Shore Capital reiterated a “house stock” rating on shares of Judges Scientific in a report on Thursday, March 21st.

Judges Scientific Company Profile

Judges Scientific plc designs, manufactures, and sells scientific instruments. The company offers engineering teaching and research equipment for universities, colleges, schools, and research centres; and research and development systems for food, beverage, dairy, edible oil, and pharmaceutical industries.