Insider Buying: Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) Insider Acquires 17,893 Shares of Stock

Key Points

• Insider purchase: Director David Benda bought 17,893 shares on May 6 at an average price of GBX 278, a transaction valued at £49,742.54.
• Market action: Shares were trading up about 3.1%, opened at GBX 276.21 with a 12‑month range of GBX 240–310 and a market capitalization of £310.71 million.
• Fund profile and performance: The trust is a closed‑ended fund investing in Asia ex‑Japan small‑caps; recent quarterly EPS was GBX (0.14) with a negative net margin (~16.4%) and negative ROE (~2.1%), indicating ongoing losses.

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST - Get Free Report) insider David Benda acquired 17,893 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 6th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 278 per share, for a total transaction of £49,742.54.

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos Trading Up 3.1%

Shares of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos stock opened at GBX 276.21 on Wednesday. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a 12-month low of GBX 240 and a 12-month high of GBX 310. The stock has a market cap of £310.71 million, a P/E ratio of -22.96 and a beta of 0.30. The company has a quick ratio of 7.77, a current ratio of 2.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.82. The business's 50 day moving average is GBX 261.22 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 272.08.

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 1st. The company reported GBX (0.14) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos had a negative return on equity of 2.07% and a negative net margin of 16.42%.The company had revenue of GBX 222 million for the quarter.

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos Company Profile

The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by First Sentier Investors (UK) Funds Limited. It is co-managed by First State Investment Management (UK) Limited. The fund invests in the public equity markets of Asia, excluding Japan and Australasia. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in stocks of small-cap companies having market capitalizations below $1.5 billion. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the MSCI AC Asia (ex Japan) Index.

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