Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) Insider Bradley Leonard Ormsby Sells 20,424 Shares

Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) insider Bradley Leonard Ormsby sold 20,424 shares of Judges Scientific stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of £112 ($139.42), for a total value of £2,287,488 ($2,847,613.59).

Judges Scientific Stock Down 4.0 %

LON:JDG opened at £109 ($135.69) on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of £721.58 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7,569.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.88. Judges Scientific plc has a one year low of GBX 7,300 ($90.88) and a one year high of £118.98 ($148.11). The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of £106.82 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 9,529.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 79.06, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a current ratio of 1.87.

Judges Scientific Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 5th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 6th will be paid a GBX 68 ($0.85) dividend. This is an increase from Judges Scientific’s previous dividend of $27.00. This represents a yield of 0.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 6th. Judges Scientific’s payout ratio is presently 6,597.22%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital reiterated a “house stock” rating on shares of Judges Scientific in a research note on Thursday, March 21st.

Judges Scientific Company Profile

Judges Scientific plc designs, manufactures, and sells scientific instruments. The company offers engineering teaching and research equipment for universities, colleges, schools, and research centres; and research and development systems for food, beverage, dairy, edible oil, and pharmaceutical industries.