Shares of Senior plc (LON:SNR - Get Free Report) were down 6% during trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as low as GBX 118 ($1.57) and last traded at GBX 118.60 ($1.58). Approximately 1,243,328 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 55% from the average daily volume of 2,788,214 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 126.20 ($1.68).
Senior Stock Up 0.8 %
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 59.35, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.56. The company has a market capitalization of £557.17 million, a PE ratio of 18.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.47. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 147.12 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 149.64.
Senior (LON:SNR - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, March 3rd. The company reported GBX 7.17 ($0.10) EPS for the quarter. Senior had a return on equity of 6.67% and a net margin of 3.09%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Senior plc will post 5.8304196 earnings per share for the current year.
Senior Increases Dividend
The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 1st will be issued a GBX 1.65 ($0.02) dividend. This is a positive change from Senior's previous dividend of $0.75. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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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