ITV (LON:ITV) Stock Passes Above 200-Day Moving Average of $63.93

Posted by ABMN Staff on Apr 16th, 2024

ITV plc (LON:ITV – Get Free Report) passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 63.93 ($0.80) and traded as high as GBX 71.25 ($0.89). ITV shares last traded at GBX 70.45 ($0.88), with a volume of 7,748,801 shares traded.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have weighed in on ITV. Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of ITV in a research report on Thursday, January 25th. Numis Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of ITV in a research report on Thursday, March 7th.

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ITV Price Performance

The company has a market capitalization of £2.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,409.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.53 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 48.85, a current ratio of 1.55 and a quick ratio of 0.83. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 66.10 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 63.93.

ITV Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 11th will be issued a dividend of GBX 3.30 ($0.04) per share. This is a positive change from ITV’s previous dividend of $1.70. This represents a yield of 5.41%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 11th. ITV’s payout ratio is presently 10,000.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Sharmila Nebhrajani bought 11,238 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 12th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 71 ($0.88) per share, with a total value of £7,978.98 ($9,932.75). 10.72% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About ITV

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ITV plc, an integrated production, broadcasting, and streaming company, which creates, owns, and distributes content on various platforms worldwide. It operates through ITV Studios and Media & Entertainment segments. The ITV Studios segment creates and produces programs and formats that include sports, drama, entertainment, factual, and news for its own channels and other broadcasters.