Marc Wilson Buys 3,778 Shares of Anpario plc (LON:ANP) Stock

Anpario plc (LON:ANP) insider Marc Wilson bought 3,778 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 398 ($5.21) per share, with a total value of £15,036.44 ($19,701.83).

Anpario Price Performance

Shares of LON ANP opened at GBX 351.50 ($4.61) on Friday. 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 firm’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 428.63 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 377.29. The firm has a market capitalization of £59.97 million, a P/E ratio of 19.41 and a beta of 0.58. Anpario plc has a 1-year low of GBX 229.50 ($3.01) and a 1-year high of GBX 488.55 ($6.40).

Anpario (LON:ANP) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 31st. The company reported GBX 28.40 ($0.37) earnings per share for the quarter. Anpario had a return on equity of 8.74% and a net margin of 9.23%. Equities research analysts anticipate that Anpario plc will post 23.5757801 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Anpario Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 25th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 10th will be paid a dividend of GBX 8 ($0.10) per share. This represents a yield of 2.09%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 10th. This is a positive change from Anpario’s previous dividend of $3.25. Anpario’s payout ratio is 60.74%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their price objective on Anpario from GBX 380 ($4.98) to GBX 500 ($6.55) and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. Shore Capital reiterated a “house stock” rating on shares of Anpario in a report on Monday.

About Anpario

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.