Insider Buying: Informa plc (LON:INF) Insider Acquires £39,339.50 in Stock

Informa plc (LON:INF) insider Louise Smalley bought 5,050 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 19th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 779 ($10.06) per share, with a total value of £39,339.50 ($50,793.42).

Informa Trading Down 0.1 %

INF stock opened at GBX 785.20 ($10.14) on Friday. The company has a market cap of £10.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.81, a PEG ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 1.12. Informa plc has a twelve month low of GBX 730.80 ($9.44) and a twelve month high of GBX 911.60 ($11.77). The company has a quick ratio of 1.70, a current ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 31.98. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 834.70 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 829.68.

Informa (LON:INF) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 50.40 ($0.65) EPS for the quarter. Informa had a return on equity of 4.75% and a net margin of 9.30%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Informa plc will post 59.3240265 EPS for the current year.

Informa Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 29th will be issued a GBX 13.60 ($0.18) dividend. This represents a yield of 1.77%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 29th. This is an increase from Informa’s previous dividend of $6.40. Informa’s dividend payout ratio is currently 81.82%.

About Informa

Informa (LSE:INF.L) is a leading international Information Services, Advanced Learning, B2B Exhibitions and Events Group. We’re here to champion the specialist. Through hundreds of brands and a range of products and services, we connect businesses and professionals with the knowledge they need to learn more, know more and do more.