Senior plc (LON:SNR - Get Free Report)'s share price passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 152.09 ($2.06) and traded as high as GBX 166 ($2.24). Senior shares last traded at GBX 162.80 ($2.20), with a volume of 344,820 shares.
Senior Stock Up 1.6%
The company's fifty day moving average price is GBX 142.59 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 152.69. The stock has a market cap of £707.99 million, a P/E ratio of 23.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 59.35, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.56.
Senior (LON:SNR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, March 3rd. The company reported GBX 7.17 ($0.10) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Senior had a net margin of 3.09% and a return on equity of 6.67%. Equities analysts forecast that Senior plc will post 5.8304196 EPS for the current year.
Senior Increases Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 1st will be issued a dividend of GBX 1.65 ($0.02) per share. This is a positive change from Senior's previous dividend of $0.75. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 1st. This represents a yield of 1.01%. Senior's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 27.22%.
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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.
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