Vesuvius plc (LON:VSVS) Announces GBX 7.10 Dividend

Vesuvius plc (LON:VSVS) declared a dividend on Thursday, August 1st, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 8th will be given a dividend of GBX 7.10 ($0.09) per share on Friday, September 13th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.47%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 8th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

Vesuvius Price Performance

Shares of VSVS stock opened at GBX 429.50 ($5.52) on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is GBX 474.64 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 480.79. Vesuvius has a 12 month low of GBX 387.02 ($4.98) and a 12 month high of GBX 509 ($6.55). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 30.47, a current ratio of 1.95 and a quick ratio of 1.20. The company has a market capitalization of £1.14 billion, a PE ratio of 969.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.29.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 490 ($6.30) price objective on shares of Vesuvius in a research report on Wednesday, July 3rd.

About Vesuvius

Vesuvius plc provides molten metal flow engineering and technology services to steel and foundry casting industries worldwide. It operates through Flow Control, Sensor & Probes, and Advanced Refractories segments. The company provides consumables and equipment, which includes binders, coatings, feeding systems, filtration and gating systems, melt shop refractories, metallurgical and pouring control systems, die dressings and coatings, melt treatment products, crucibles, and ceramics for the iron, steel, and nonferrous foundries.