Senior (LON:SNR) Shares Down 6% - Time to Sell?

Senior plc (LON:SNR - Get Free Report) shares traded down 6% during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as GBX 118 ($1.57) and last traded at GBX 118.60 ($1.58). 1,243,328 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 55% from the average session volume of 2,788,214 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 126.20 ($1.68).

Senior Stock Up 3.4 %

The firm has a market cap of £552.98 million, a PE ratio of 17.97, a PEG ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 59.35. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 147.12 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 149.64.

Senior (LON:SNR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 3rd. The company reported GBX 7.17 ($0.10) EPS for the quarter. Senior had a net margin of 3.09% and a return on equity of 6.67%. Research analysts forecast that Senior plc will post 5.8304196 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Senior Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 1st will be issued a dividend of GBX 1.65 ($0.02) per share. This represents a yield of 1.01%. This is an increase from Senior's previous dividend of $0.75. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 1st. Senior's payout ratio is 27.22%.

About Senior

Senior is an international, market-leading, engineering solutions provider with 30 operating businesses in 13 countries*. Senior designs, manufactures and markets high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment producers in the worldwide aerospace, defence, land vehicle and power & energy markets. The Group aims to create long-term sustainable growth in shareholder value through a culture of empowerment of autonomous and collaborative operations working within an effective control framework.