Renishaw plc (LON:RSW) has been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the five ratings firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year target price among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,231 ($31.79).

Several research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Barclays restated an “overweight” rating and set a GBX 2,825 ($40.25) price objective on shares of Renishaw plc in a research report on Tuesday, January 5th. Numis Securities Ltd reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 2,820 ($40.18) target price on shares of Renishaw plc in a research note on Friday. Credit Suisse reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 2,370 ($33.77) target price on shares of Renishaw plc in a research note on Wednesday, November 25th. Investec reaffirmed an “under review” rating and issued a GBX 2,100 ($29.92) target price on shares of Renishaw plc in a research note on Thursday. Finally, N+1 Singer reaffirmed a “sell” rating and issued a GBX 1,905 ($27.14) target price on shares of Renishaw plc in a research note on Thursday, October 15th.

Shares of Renishaw plc (LON:RSW) opened at 1788.59 on Friday. Renishaw plc has a 52 week low of GBX 1,577.00 and a 52 week high of GBX 2,672.90. The firm’s market capitalization is GBX 1.30 billion. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 1,808.51 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 1,964.29.

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 3rd will be paid a dividend of GBX 12.50 ($0.18) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 3rd. This represents a dividend yield of 0.71%.

Renishaw plc is a United Kingdom-based metrology company, which is engaged in research and development of new products relating to metrology, including computer-aided design and manufacturing systems, and relating to healthcare products, including Raman spectroscopy systems, dental systems and certain areas in the medical devices field. It operates in two segments: metrology and healthcare products. The Company’s metrology segment products range includes machine tool probe systems, co-ordinate measuring machine (LON:RSW) products, fixtures, styli for probe systems, performance testing products, gauging, vacuum casting, spatial measurement and position encoders. The Company’s healthcare products segment includes dental scanners, Raman microscopes, dental computer-aided systems (CAD) software, neurosurgical robot, neurosurgical implantable, craniomaxillofacial custom-made implants, neurosurgical accessories, neurosurgical planning software, hybrid Raman systems and turnkey Raman analysis.

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