Eurocell (LON:ECEL) Hits New 1-Year High at $139.00

Eurocell plc (LON:ECEL)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 139 ($1.72) and last traded at GBX 137.85 ($1.70), with a volume of 21053 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 134 ($1.66).

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 180 ($2.22) target price on shares of Eurocell in a research report on Tuesday, January 23rd.

Eurocell Trading Down 2.2 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.27, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.70. The company has a market cap of £146.93 million, a P/E ratio of 1,488.89 and a beta of 0.82. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 124.16 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 122.45.

Eurocell Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 22nd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 25th will be given a dividend of GBX 3.50 ($0.04) per share. This represents a yield of 3.06%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 25th. This is a positive change from Eurocell’s previous dividend of $2.00. Eurocell’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 6,666.67%.

Insider Activity at Eurocell

In other Eurocell news, insider Iraj Amiri bought 54,892 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 26th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 120 ($1.48) per share, for a total transaction of £65,870.40 ($81,361.66). In other news, insider Iraj Amiri purchased 54,892 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 26th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 120 ($1.48) per share, for a total transaction of £65,870.40 ($81,361.66). Also, insider Alison Littley purchased 1,300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 9th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 125 ($1.54) per share, for a total transaction of £1,625 ($2,007.16). 1.96% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About Eurocell

Eurocell plc engages in manufacture, distribution, and recycling of windows, doors, and roofline polyvinyl chloride (PVC) building products in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It operates through Profiles and Building Plastics segments. The company offers UPVC windows; PVCU, Vista, bi-fold, French, composite, and aluminium bi-fold doors; garden rooms; tiled roofs, UPVC conservatories, UPVC fascias and soffits, and UPVC interior products; guttering and rainwater pipes; and cavity closers, profile systems, decking and balustrade, composite fencing, vinyl flooring, and lantern roofs.