Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) Hits New 52-Week High – Here’s Why

Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW) shares hit a new 52-week high on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as £148.05 ($184.28) and last traded at £147.80 ($183.97), with a volume of 65774 shares. The stock had previously closed at £145 ($180.48).

Games Workshop Group Stock Up 1.3 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.77, a current ratio of 3.29 and a quick ratio of 2.33. The company has a market capitalization of £4.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,180.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.25. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is £137.73 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is £120.95.

Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 14th. The company reported GBX 288.90 ($3.60) earnings per share for the quarter. Games Workshop Group had a return on equity of 62.12% and a net margin of 28.74%. Sell-side analysts predict that Games Workshop Group PLC will post 448.9953023 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Games Workshop Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Saturday, February 8th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 23rd were paid a dividend of GBX 155 ($1.93) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, January 23rd. This is an increase from Games Workshop Group’s previous dividend of $80.00. Games Workshop Group’s payout ratio is 8,169.93%.

About Games Workshop Group

Games Workshop Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Core and Licensing. The company offers games under the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, and Warhammer 40,000 names, as well as Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl.