Metcash (ASX:MTS) Insider Purchases 5,000 Shares

Metcash Limited (ASX:MTS) insider Mark Johnson bought 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 3rd. The shares were acquired at an average cost of A$3.37 per share, for a total transaction of A$16,835.00.

Metcash Price Performance

The stock has a market cap of $3.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.52, a PEG ratio of -4.51 and a beta of -0.10. The company has a current ratio of 1.13, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 93.04.

Metcash Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a Interim dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, January 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 27th will be paid a $0.085 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 11th. This represents a yield of 251.0%. Metcash’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 76.92%.

Metcash Company Profile

Metcash Limited operates as a wholesale distribution and marketing company in Australia. It operates through Food, Liquor, and Hardware segments. The Food segment distributes a range of products and services to independent supermarket and convenience retail outlets. The Liquor segment engages in the distribution of liquor products to independent retail outlets and hotels.