Assura Plc (LON:AGR) Insider Acquires £149.94 in Stock

Assura Plc (LON:AGR) insider Jonathan Murphy acquired 357 shares of Assura stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 5th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 42 ($0.54) per share, with a total value of £149.94 ($192.06).

Jonathan Murphy also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, May 21st, Jonathan Murphy bought 198,975 shares of Assura stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 43 ($0.55) per share, with a total value of £85,559.25 ($109,592.99).
• On Tuesday, May 7th, Jonathan Murphy acquired 774 shares of Assura stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 42 ($0.54) per share, with a total value of £325.08 ($416.40).

Assura Stock Performance

AGR stock opened at GBX 42.56 ($0.55) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.04, a current ratio of 0.89 and a quick ratio of 2.84. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 41.11 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 42.47. Assura Plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 37.54 ($0.48) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 50.12 ($0.64). The stock has a market capitalization of £1.27 billion, a PE ratio of -4,256.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 0.30.

Assura Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 6th were issued a GBX 0.84 ($0.01) dividend. This is a positive change from Assura’s previous dividend of $0.82. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 6th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.97%. Assura’s payout ratio is -30,000.00%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have weighed in on AGR. Shore Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of Assura in a report on Thursday, July 4th. Peel Hunt lowered Assura to an “add” rating and set a GBX 48 ($0.61) target price on the stock. in a report on Wednesday, March 20th.

About Assura

Assura plc is a national healthcare premises specialist and UK REIT based in Altrincham, UK – caring for more than 600 primary healthcare buildings, from which over six million patients are served. A constituent of the FTSE 250 and the EPRA indices, as at 30 September 2023, Assura's portfolio was valued at £2.7 billion.