Silgan Holdings Inc. (NYSE:SLGN – Get Free Report) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 25th, Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 17th will be given a dividend of 0.20 per share by the industrial products company on Monday, March 31st. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 17th. This is a 5.3% increase from Silgan’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.19.
Silgan has increased its dividend by an average of 10.7% per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 22 years. Silgan has a payout ratio of 17.9% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Research analysts expect Silgan to earn $4.47 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.80 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 17.9%.
Silgan Stock Performance
SLGN opened at $49.64 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $5.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 0.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.24, a current ratio of 0.45 and a quick ratio of 0.28. Silgan has a 1-year low of $41.14 and a 1-year high of $58.14. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $52.91 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $52.79.
Insider Transactions at Silgan
In other news, CEO Adam J. Greenlee sold 125,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $54.73, for a total value of $6,841,250.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 227,332 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,441,880.36. This represents a 35.48 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Robert B. Lewis sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $53.22, for a total transaction of $1,064,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 152,133 shares in the company, valued at $8,096,518.26. This trade represents a 11.62 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.39% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
SLGN has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Silgan from $53.00 to $57.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Bank of America increased their price objective on Silgan from $60.00 to $61.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on Silgan from $58.00 to $63.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price objective on Silgan from $63.00 to $65.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on Silgan from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Silgan presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $64.22.
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About Silgan
Silgan Holdings Inc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells rigid packaging solutions for consumer goods products in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Dispensing and Specialty Closures, Metal Containers, and Custom Containers. The Dispensing and Specialty Closures segment offers a range of metal and plastic closures, and dispensing systems for food, beverage, health care, garden, home, personal care, beauty products, and hard surface cleaning products, as well as capping/sealing equipment and detection systems.
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