GlobalData (LON:DATA) Hits New 12-Month Low – Should You Sell?

Shares of GlobalData Plc (LON:DATAGet Free Report) hit a new 52-week low during trading on Monday . The stock traded as low as GBX 150 ($1.94) and last traded at GBX 150.50 ($1.94), with a volume of 1469388 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 153 ($1.98).

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Berenberg Bank boosted their price target on shares of GlobalData from GBX 295 ($3.81) to GBX 300 ($3.87) and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th.

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GlobalData Stock Down 1.3 %

The company has a quick ratio of 0.61, a current ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.16. The company has a market capitalization of £1.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.08, a P/E/G ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 0.58. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 181.80 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 193.09.

GlobalData (LON:DATAGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, March 10th. The company reported GBX 7.50 ($0.10) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. GlobalData had a return on equity of 12.99% and a net margin of 11.96%. Equities analysts expect that GlobalData Plc will post 9.6687774 EPS for the current year.

GlobalData Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, March 20th will be issued a dividend of GBX 1 ($0.01) per share. This represents a yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 20th. GlobalData’s dividend payout ratio is currently 119.48%.

Insider Buying and Selling at GlobalData

In other news, insider Michael Danson sold 2,000,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 195 ($2.52), for a total value of £3,900,000 ($5,036,157.02). Company insiders own 66.45% of the company’s stock.

About GlobalData

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GlobalData Plc is a leading data, insights, and analytics platform for the world’s largest industries. Our mission is to help our clients decode the future, make better decisions, and reach more customers.

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GlobalData’s One Platform model is the foundation of our business and is the result of years of continuous investment, targeted acquisitions, and organic development.

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