News articles about Utah Medical Products (NASDAQ:UTMD) have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to Accern. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Utah Medical Products earned a news sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news coverage about the medical instruments supplier an impact score of 47.0701046230578 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next several days.
Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on UTMD shares. ValuEngine raised shares of Utah Medical Products from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 6th. BidaskClub downgraded shares of Utah Medical Products from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 25th.
Shares of Utah Medical Products (NASDAQ UTMD) traded down 1.21% during midday trading on Friday, hitting $69.25. 16,988 shares of the company traded hands. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $71.40 and a 200-day moving average price of $65.17. The stock has a market capitalization of $257.40 million, a P/E ratio of 19.86 and a beta of 0.76. Utah Medical Products has a 52 week low of $56.30 and a 52 week high of $75.00.
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 6th. Investors of record on Friday, June 16th were given a dividend of $0.265 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 14th. This represents a $1.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.53%. Utah Medical Products’s payout ratio is 30.37%.
Utah Medical Products Company Profile
Utah Medical Products, Inc (UTMD) is engaged in the business of producing medical devices that are disposable and for hospital use. The Company’s product categories include labor and delivery/obstetrics, including fetal monitoring accessories, Vacuum-Assisted Delivery Systems (VAD), and other labor and delivery tools; neonatal intensive care, including DISPOSA-HOOD, DELTRAN PLUS and GESCO; gynecology/urology/electrosurgery, including LETZ System, FINESSE+ Generator, EPITOME, PATHFINDER PLUS, HOLMIUM LASER FIBRES, LIBERTY System, ENDOCURETTE, TVUS/HSG-Cath and LUMIN, and blood pressure monitoring, including DELTRAN Disposable Pressure Transducer (DPT), and pressure monitoring accessories, components and other molded parts.
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