Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) Hits New 1-Year High – Time to Buy?

Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high on Monday . The company traded as high as £121.71 ($156.61) and last traded at £121.30 ($156.09), with a volume of 10942 shares. The stock had previously closed at £119.20 ($153.39).

Games Workshop Group Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 3.29, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.77. The company’s fifty day moving average is £111.81 and its two-hundred day moving average is £104.91. The stock has a market cap of £3.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,586.06, a P/E/G ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.25.

Games Workshop Group Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 29th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 24th will be paid a dividend of GBX 85 ($1.09) per share. This represents a yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 24th. Games Workshop Group’s payout ratio is 8,169.93%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Games Workshop Group

In other Games Workshop Group news, insider Kevin Rountree acquired 143 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 16th. The stock was acquired at an average price of £105.26 ($135.45) per share, with a total value of £15,052.18 ($19,369.68). 0.58% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Games Workshop Group Company Profile

Games Workshop Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Core and Licensing. The company offers games under the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, and Warhammer 40,000 names, as well as Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl.