G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) Sees Significant Decrease in Short Interest

G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) was the target of a large decrease in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 4,000 shares, a decrease of 59.6% from the February 13th total of 9,900 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 7,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.

G. Willi-Food International Stock Performance

WILC opened at $17.55 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $243.42 million, a P/E ratio of 15.53 and a beta of 0.88. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $16.59 and a 200 day moving average price of $14.12. G. Willi-Food International has a twelve month low of $8.18 and a twelve month high of $17.58.

G. Willi-Food International (NASDAQ:WILC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter. G. Willi-Food International had a net margin of 9.79% and a return on equity of 10.29%. The business had revenue of $40.50 million during the quarter.

G. Willi-Food International Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a — dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 24th will be issued a dividend of $0.5911 per share. This represents a yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 24th. G. Willi-Food International’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 31.88%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On G. Willi-Food International

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in G. Willi-Food International stock. IFP Advisors Inc bought a new stake in G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 3,400 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $55,000. 9.45% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

G. Willi-Food International Company Profile

G. Willi-Food International Ltd. designs, imports, markets, and distributes food products worldwide. The company offers mushrooms, artichoke, beans, asparagus, capers, corn kernels, baby corn, palm hearts, vine leaves, sour pickles, mixed pickled vegetables, pickled peppers, olives, garlic, roasted eggplant sun, and dried tomatoes; and canned fish comprising tuna, sardine, anchovies, smoked and pressed cod liver, herring, fish paste, and salmon products.