Wayne Byres Acquires 920 Shares of ASX (ASX:ASX) Stock

ASX Limited (ASX:ASX) insider Wayne Byres acquired 920 shares of ASX stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 16th. The shares were bought at an average cost of A$54.34 per share, with a total value of A$49,994.64.

ASX Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of $12.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 6.67 and a beta of 0.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.98, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 0.42.

ASX Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a Interim dividend, which will be paid on Sunday, March 22nd. Investors of record on Sunday, March 22nd will be paid a $1.018 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 19th. This represents a yield of 186.0%. ASX’s payout ratio is presently 87.35%.

ASX Company Profile

ASX Limited operates as a multi-asset class and integrated exchange company in Australia and internationally. The company provides education programs, research and insights, investor access and peer group networking; distribution facility for quoted exchange traded funds (ETFs) and debt securities. It is also involved in the trading of futures and options on interest rate, equity index, agriculture and energy products, and options over individual securities; cash market trading of equities, warrants, exchange-traded funds, and debt securities; and clearing of exchange-traded derivatives and over-the-counter interest rate and equity derivatives.