Hill & Smith PLC Announces Dividend of GBX 16.50 (LON:HILS)

Hill & Smith PLC (LON:HILS) declared a dividend on Thursday, August 8th,Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 28th will be paid a dividend of GBX 16.50 ($0.21) per share on Tuesday, January 7th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.77%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 28th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

Hill & Smith Stock Down 0.6 %

HILS stock opened at GBX 2,142.25 ($26.91) on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 2,052.39 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 2,049.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 34.30, a current ratio of 2.19 and a quick ratio of 0.92. Hill & Smith has a 1-year low of GBX 1,752 ($22.00) and a 1-year high of GBX 2,330 ($29.26). The firm has a market cap of £1.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,281.91 and a beta of 1.31.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have weighed in on HILS. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 2,350 ($29.52) target price on shares of Hill & Smith in a research note on Thursday, August 8th. Shore Capital reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Hill & Smith in a research note on Thursday, September 19th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Rutger Helbing acquired 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 25th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 2,039 ($25.61) per share, for a total transaction of £203,900 ($256,091.43). 1.88% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Hill & Smith

Hill & Smith PLC manufactures and supplies infrastructure products in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, North America, the Middle East, rest of Asia, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Roads & Security, Engineered Solutions, and Galvanizing Services. The Roads & Security segment supplies products and services to support road and highway infrastructure, including temporary and permanent road safety barriers; renewable energy lighting and power solutions; intelligent traffic solutions; street lighting columns; and bridge parapets, as well as offers security products that includes hostile vehicle mitigation solutions, high security fencing, and automated gate solutions.