SThree plc (LON:STEM) Insider Sells £116,616.96 in Stock

SThree plc (LON:STEM) insider Andrew Beach sold 27,504 shares of SThree stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 424 ($5.48), for a total transaction of £116,616.96 ($150,823.80).

Andrew Beach also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, June 12th, Andrew Beach purchased 36 shares of SThree stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 427 ($5.52) per share, for a total transaction of £153.72 ($198.81).

SThree Stock Down 1.0 %

STEM opened at GBX 410 ($5.30) on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 427.92 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 422.25. The firm has a market capitalization of £545.10 million, a P/E ratio of 976.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.02, a current ratio of 1.87 and a quick ratio of 1.69. SThree plc has a one year low of GBX 330.50 ($4.27) and a one year high of GBX 457.50 ($5.92).

SThree Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 6th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 7th will be given a dividend of GBX 5.10 ($0.07) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 7th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.22%. SThree’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 4,047.62%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on STEM shares. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on shares of SThree from GBX 430 ($5.56) to GBX 420 ($5.43) and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, July 16th. Berenberg Bank reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 550 ($7.11) price objective on shares of SThree in a research note on Tuesday, June 18th.

About SThree

SThree plc provides specialist recruitment services in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics markets in the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, France, the United States, Dubai, Japan. The company offers recruitment services for permanent and contract roles, as well as support services.