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HgCapital Trust plc (LON:HGT) Insider Acquires £1,690.50 in Stock

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HgCapital Trust plc (LON:HGT - Get Free Report) insider Helena Coles purchased 350 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 15th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 483 ($6.42) per share, with a total value of £1,690.50 ($2,248.60).

Helena Coles also recently made the following trade(s):

  • On Thursday, March 20th, Helena Coles bought 3,033 shares of HgCapital Trust stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 494 ($6.57) per share, with a total value of £14,983.02 ($19,929.53).

HgCapital Trust Stock Up 3.4 %

HgCapital Trust stock traded up GBX 16.50 ($0.22) during midday trading on Monday, hitting GBX 504 ($6.70). 401,871 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 747,451. The stock has a market capitalization of £2.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.33 and a beta of 0.44. HgCapital Trust plc has a 52-week low of GBX 420 ($5.59) and a 52-week high of GBX 550 ($7.32). The business's 50-day moving average price is GBX 503.66 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 514.90.

HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 10th. The investment trust reported GBX 4.77 ($0.06) EPS for the quarter. HgCapital Trust had a return on equity of 11.93% and a net margin of 91.03%.

HgCapital Trust Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 19th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 20th will be issued a dividend of GBX 3.50 ($0.05) per share. This represents a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 20th. This is an increase from HgCapital Trust's previous dividend of $2.00. HgCapital Trust's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 11.57%.

About HgCapital Trust

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HgT provides investors with a unique opportunity to participate in the growth in value of a portfolio of c.50 private companies sourced by Hg. Value is created through implementing an investment strategy focused on software and business service companies with resilient, recurring revenue streams and from leveraging the network and expertise of Hg to support management teams to deliver the full potential of their respective businesses. With highly predictable and stable cash flows, the top 20 businesses (representing 76% by value of HGT's investments) reported aggregate sales of £10.6 billion and EBITDA of £3.3 billion over the last 12 months, equating to an EBITDA margin of 31%. Hg brings to HgT an experienced team of c.400 employees, including c.

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