Insider Selling: Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) Insider Sells 20,424 Shares of Stock

Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) insider Bradley Leonard Ormsby sold 20,424 shares of Judges Scientific stock in a transaction on Monday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of £112 ($139.42), for a total transaction of £2,287,488 ($2,847,613.59).

Judges Scientific Stock Up 0.5 %

Shares of LON:JDG opened at £109.50 ($136.31) on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is £107.09 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 9,539.12. The company has a market cap of £724.89 million, a PE ratio of 7,604.17, a P/E/G ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 79.06, a current ratio of 1.87 and a quick ratio of 0.65. Judges Scientific plc has a 1 year low of GBX 7,300 ($90.88) and a 1 year high of £118.98 ($148.11).

Judges Scientific Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 5th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 6th will be paid a dividend of GBX 68 ($0.85) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 6th. This is a boost from Judges Scientific’s previous dividend of $27.00. This represents a dividend yield of 0.59%. Judges Scientific’s payout ratio is 6,597.22%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

About Judges Scientific

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.