Savills (LON:SVS) Shares Cross Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

Shares of Savills plc (LON:SVS - Get Free Report) passed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 1,017.54 ($13.41) and traded as low as GBX 963 ($12.69). Savills shares last traded at GBX 970.21 ($12.78), with a volume of 133,652 shares.

Savills Stock Performance

The business has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 945.71 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 1,015.28. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.24, a P/E/G ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a quick ratio of 1.22, a current ratio of 1.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 92.62.

Savills (LON:SVS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 14th. The company reported GBX 66.20 ($0.87) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Savills had a return on equity of 6.17% and a net margin of 1.93%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Savills plc will post 76.1455526 earnings per share for the current year.

Savills Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 22nd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 10th will be given a GBX 23.10 ($0.30) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 2.46%. This is an increase from Savills's previous dividend of $7.10. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 10th. Savills's dividend payout ratio is presently 64.33%.

Insider Activity at Savills

In other news, insider John Waters bought 1,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 19th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 975 ($12.85) per share, with a total value of £9,750 ($12,845.85). 9.23% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Savills

Founded in the UK in 1855, Savills is one of the world's leading property agents. Our experience and expertise spans the globe, with 600 offices across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. Our scale gives us wide-ranging specialist and local knowledge, and we take pride in providing best-in-class advice as we help individuals, businesses and institutions make better property decisions.