Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) Posts Earnings Results

Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) issued its earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported GBX 55.50 ($0.72) earnings per share for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Smiths Group had a return on equity of 11.54% and a net margin of 7.98%.

Smiths Group Trading Up 1.6 %

LON SMIN opened at GBX 2,028 ($26.20) on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.55, a quick ratio of 1.29 and a current ratio of 2.07. Smiths Group has a one year low of GBX 1,514.66 ($19.57) and a one year high of GBX 2,188 ($28.27). The company’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 1,979.67 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 1,800.52. The firm has a market capitalization of £6.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.18, a PEG ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.66.

Insider Transactions at Smiths Group

In related news, insider Richard Howes bought 87 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 2,030 ($26.23) per share, for a total transaction of £1,766.10 ($2,282.08). Company insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

About Smiths Group

Smiths Group plc operates as an industrial technology company in Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through four businesses: John Crane, Smiths Detection, Flex-Tek, and Smiths Interconnect. The John Crane business offers mechanical seals, seal support systems, power transmission couplings, and specialized filtration systems.