A.G. BARR p.l.c. (LON:BAG) Insider Julie A. Barr Acquires 26 Shares

A.G. BARR p.l.c. (LON:BAG) insider Julie A. Barr purchased 26 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 8th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 582 ($7.37) per share, for a total transaction of £151.32 ($191.52).

A.G. BARR Trading Down 1.4 %

BAG stock opened at GBX 571 ($7.23) on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 543.74 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 520.16. A.G. BARR p.l.c. has a fifty-two week low of GBX 446 ($5.64) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 591.75 ($7.49). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 1.99 and a current ratio of 2.09. The firm has a market cap of £639.69 million, a PE ratio of 1,679.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 0.33.

A.G. BARR Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 9th will be issued a GBX 12.40 ($0.16) dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 9th. This is a positive change from A.G. BARR’s previous dividend of $2.65. This represents a dividend yield of 2.41%. A.G. BARR’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 4,411.76%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Barclays upgraded shares of A.G. BARR to an “equal weight” rating and set a GBX 522 ($6.61) target price on the stock in a research note on Friday, March 8th. Shore Capital restated a “house stock” rating on shares of A.G. BARR in a research note on Thursday, February 1st.

A.G. BARR Company Profile

A.G. BARR p.l.c., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells soft drinks and cocktail solutions in the United Kingdom and internationally. It provides carbonated and flavored soft drinks, pre-mixed cocktails, fruit juices, spring and sparkling water, fruit puree, oat drinks, boost drinks, iced tea, and other non-alcoholic beverages.