RWS (LON:RWS) Shares Cross Below 200-Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

RWS Holdings plc (LON:RWS)’s stock price passed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 167.10 ($2.09) and traded as low as GBX 154.40 ($1.93). RWS shares last traded at GBX 155.20 ($1.94), with a volume of 601,991 shares trading hands.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently commented on RWS shares. Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of RWS in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Berenberg Bank restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 330 ($4.12) price objective on shares of RWS in a research report on Thursday, December 12th.

RWS Price Performance

The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 166.48 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 166.76. The company has a current ratio of 1.54, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.66. The stock has a market cap of £567.88 million, a PE ratio of -1,711.40, a P/E/G ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 0.76.

RWS (LON:RWS) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, December 12th. The company reported GBX 21.60 ($0.27) EPS for the quarter. RWS had a negative net margin of 5.22% and a negative return on equity of 3.80%. Research analysts forecast that RWS Holdings plc will post 10.6469761 earnings per share for the current year.

RWS Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 16th will be issued a dividend of GBX 9.80 ($0.12) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 3.96%. This is a positive change from RWS’s previous dividend of $2.40. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 16th. RWS’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -13,333.33%.

Insider Transactions at RWS

In other news, insider Ian El Mokadem purchased 5,000 shares of RWS stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 31st. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 149 ($1.86) per share, with a total value of £7,450 ($9,302.04). Insiders own 46.21% of the company’s stock.

RWS Company Profile

RWS Holdings plc is a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content and intellectual property services. Through content transformation and multilingual data analysis, our unique combination of technology and cultural expertise helps our clients to grow by ensuring they are understood anywhere, in any language.
Our purpose is unlocking global understanding.