Goodwin PLC (LON:GDWN – Get Free Report)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as GBX 7,100 ($87.70) and last traded at GBX 6,855 ($84.67), with a volume of 828 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 7,020 ($86.71).
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed a “house stock” rating on shares of Goodwin in a research note on Thursday, March 14th.
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Goodwin Trading Up 0.5 %
Goodwin Increases Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 21st were paid a dividend of GBX 57.50 ($0.71) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 1.22%. This is an increase from Goodwin’s previous dividend of $53.90. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 21st. Goodwin’s dividend payout ratio is 5,528.85%.
Insider Activity
In related news, insider Bernard Rafe Ernest Goodwin sold 675 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 5,640 ($69.66), for a total value of £38,070 ($47,023.22). Insiders own 67.55% of the company’s stock.
Goodwin Company Profile
Goodwin PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides mechanical and refractory engineering solutions primarily in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the United States, the Pacific Basin, and internationally. The company designs, manufactures, and sells dual plate check valves, axial nozzle check valves and axial piston control, and isolation valves for large construction projects, including the construction of naval vessels, nuclear waste treatment, nuclear power generation, liquefied natural gas, gas, oil, petrochemical, mining, and water markets; submersible slurry pumps; and radar surveillance systems for defense contractors, civil aviation authorities, and coastal border security agencies.
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