Shares of Scottish Mortgage (LON:SMT - Get Free Report) crossed above its fifty day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 926.62 ($12.56) and traded as high as GBX 984.40 ($13.34). Scottish Mortgage shares last traded at GBX 979.80 ($13.28), with a volume of 1,290,704 shares trading hands.
Scottish Mortgage Trading Up 1.6%
The company's 50-day moving average is GBX 926.83 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 976.06. The firm has a market cap of £12.27 billion, a PE ratio of 10.29 and a beta of 0.75.
Scottish Mortgage (LON:SMT - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 22nd. The company reported GBX 1.39 ($0.02) EPS for the quarter. Scottish Mortgage had a return on equity of 11.53% and a net margin of 94.48%.
Scottish Mortgage Increases Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 27th were given a dividend of GBX 4 ($0.05) per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 27th. This is a positive change from Scottish Mortgage's previous dividend of $1.60. This represents a yield of 2.8%. Scottish Mortgage's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 4.10%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Scottish Mortgage news, insider Vikram Kumaraswamy acquired 2,064 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, March 28th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 964 ($13.06) per share, for a total transaction of £19,896.96 ($26,964.30). Corporate insiders own 3.25% of the company's stock.
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