Anpario (LON:ANP) Issues Earnings Results

Anpario (LON:ANP) announced its earnings results on Monday. The company reported GBX 28.40 ($0.37) EPS for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Anpario had a return on equity of 8.74% and a net margin of 9.23%.

Anpario Stock Performance

Shares of LON:ANP traded down GBX 7.05 ($0.09) during midday trading on Monday, hitting GBX 377.90 ($4.89). The company’s stock had a trading volume of 94,380 shares, compared to its average volume of 51,222. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a quick ratio of 5.16 and a current ratio of 6.15. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 435.60 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 376.66. The stock has a market capitalization of £64.47 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.87 and a beta of 0.58. Anpario has a fifty-two week low of GBX 225 ($2.91) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 488.55 ($6.32).

Anpario Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 25th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 10th will be issued a GBX 8 ($0.10) dividend. This represents a yield of 2.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 10th. This is an increase from Anpario’s previous dividend of $3.25. Anpario’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 60.74%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently commented on ANP shares. Shore Capital reissued a “house stock” rating on shares of Anpario in a report on Monday. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price objective on shares of Anpario from GBX 380 ($4.91) to GBX 500 ($6.46) and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th.

About Anpario

Anpario plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of natural feed additives for animal health, hygiene, and nutrition. Its health and performance category offers various products that support and maintain animal gut health, such as phytogenic and acid based eubiotics, and omega fatty acids under the Orego-Stim, Optomega, pHorce, Salkil, and Genex brands; feed quality category provides products, such as enzymes, antioxidants, pellet binders, mould inhibitors, and acid based eubiotics under the pHorce, Feedzyme, Salgard, Oxigard, Moldgard, and Mastercube brands.