Insider Buying: ASX Limited (ASX:ASX) Insider Acquires 1,000 Shares of Stock

ASX Limited (ASX:ASX) insider David Clarke acquired 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 20th. The stock was acquired at an average price of A$68.25 ($43.47) per share, with a total value of A$68,250.00 ($43,471.34).

David Clarke also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, February 17th, David Clarke acquired 500 shares of ASX stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of A$67.50 ($42.99) per share, with a total value of A$33,750.00 ($21,496.82).

ASX Price Performance

The stock has a market cap of $12.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.19, a P/E/G ratio of 6.67 and a beta of 0.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.98, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a current ratio of 1.12.

ASX Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a Interim dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 20th will be given a $1.112 dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 1.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 20th. ASX’s payout ratio is presently 87.35%.

ASX Company Profile

ASX Limited operates as a multi-asset class and integrated exchange company in Australia and internationally. The company provides education programs, research and insights, investor access and peer group networking; distribution facility for quoted exchange traded funds (ETFs) and debt securities. It is also involved in the trading of futures and options on interest rate, equity index, agriculture and energy products, and options over individual securities; cash market trading of equities, warrants, exchange-traded funds, and debt securities; and clearing of exchange-traded derivatives and over-the-counter interest rate and equity derivatives.