J Sainsbury plc Declares Dividend of GBX 3.90 (LON:SBRY)

J Sainsbury plc (LON:SBRY) declared a dividend on Thursday, November 7th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of GBX 3.90 ($0.05) per share by the grocer on Friday, December 20th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

J Sainsbury Stock Performance

Shares of LON:SBRY opened at GBX 261.60 ($3.41) on Thursday. J Sainsbury has a 1 year low of GBX 244.70 ($3.19) and a 1 year high of GBX 311.16 ($4.05). The stock has a market capitalization of £6.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4,463.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.42 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 95.36, a current ratio of 0.66 and a quick ratio of 0.53. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 285.37 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 274.59.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Shore Capital reiterated a “house stock” rating on shares of J Sainsbury in a research note on Thursday, September 19th.

About J Sainsbury

J Sainsbury plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the food, general merchandise and clothing retailing, and financial services activities in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It operates through three segments: Retail Food, Retail General Merchandise and Clothing, and Financial Services.