Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) Insider Acquires £114.50 in Stock

Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) insider Bradley Leonard Ormsby purchased 1 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 7th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of £114.50 ($143.84) per share, for a total transaction of £114.50 ($143.84).

Bradley Leonard Ormsby also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, April 15th, Bradley Leonard Ormsby sold 20,424 shares of Judges Scientific stock. The stock was sold at an average price of £112 ($140.70), for a total transaction of £2,287,488 ($2,873,728.64).

Judges Scientific Trading Up 0.9 %

JDG stock traded up GBX 100 ($1.26) during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching £114 ($143.22). 18,397 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 9,531. The stock’s fifty day moving average is £109.76 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 9,845.58. The company has a market cap of £756.96 million, a P/E ratio of 7,832.17, a P/E/G ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a current ratio of 1.87, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 79.06. Judges Scientific plc has a 52-week low of GBX 7,300 ($91.71) and a 52-week high of £118.98 ($149.47).

Judges Scientific Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 5th. Investors 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 dividend payout ratio is currently 6,643.36%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed 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.