St. James's Place (LON:STJ) Shares Pass Above 200-Day Moving Average - Here's Why

St. James's Place plc (LON:STJ - Get Free Report)'s stock price passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 963.51 ($13.04) and traded as high as GBX 1,127 ($15.25). St. James's Place shares last traded at GBX 1,123.59 ($15.21), with a volume of 1,034,747 shares.

St. James's Place Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.10. The stock has a market capitalization of £6.14 billion, a PE ratio of -951.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.23. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 985.03 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 970.37.

St. James's Place Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 17th were paid a GBX 28.40 ($0.38) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 1.52%. This is a positive change from St. James's Place's previous dividend of $12.00. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 17th. St. James's Place's dividend payout ratio is -1,173.40%.

St. James's Place Company Profile

We plan, grow and protect the financial futures of over one million clients across the UK by providing holistic advice-led wealth management, delivered exclusively by the Partnership, our group of more than 4,900 highly skilled advisers. We offer an integrated client proposition, through which we provide financial advice, investment product wrappers such as pensions, investment bonds and ISAs, and offer our own range of investment funds and portfolios.