LON:WTANWitan Investment Trust Share Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Witan Investment Trust plc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add GBX 185.20 -3.40 (-1.80 %) (As of 07/15/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range 185.38Now: GBX 185.20▼ 187.5050-Day Range 171.60MA: GBX 183.17▼ 19152-Week Range 1.63Now: GBX 185.20▼ 235.50Volume1.13 million shsAverage Volume214,264 shsMarket Capitalization£1.60 billionP/E Ratio29.87Dividend Yield2.04%BetaN/A ProfileAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendInsider TradesHeadlines Witan Investment Trust plc is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Witan Investment Services Limited. The fund is co-managed by Artemis Investment Management LLP, Lindsell Train Limited, Heronbridge Investment Management LLP, MFS International (UK) Limited, Veritas Asset Management LLP, Lansdowne Partners (UK) LLP, Marathon Asset Management, LLP, Matthews International Capital Management, LLC, Trilogy Global Advisors, LLC, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Tweedy, Browne Company LLC, and GQG Partners, LLC. It invests in public equity markets across the globe. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in dividend paying growth and value stocks of companies. The fund employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolio. It seeks to benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against a composite index comprised of 40% FTSE All-Share Index, 20% FTSE All-World North America Index, 20% FTSE All-World Europe (ex UK) Index, and 20% FTSE All-World Asia Pacific Index. The fund conducts in-house research to make its investments. Witan Investment Trust plc was formed in 1909 and is domiciled in the United Kingdom.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 0.0 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingThere is not enough analysis data for Witan Investment Trust. Previous Next 2.6 Community Rank Outperform VotesWitan Investment Trust has received 94 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesWitan Investment Trust has received 90 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentWitan Investment Trust has received 51.09% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Witan Investment Trust and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe WTAN will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe WTAN will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 1.7 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldWitan Investment Trust pays a meaningful dividend of 2.04%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthWitan Investment Trust does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Witan Investment Trust is 0.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Previous Next 3.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Witan Investment Trust insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £112,000 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock. Previous Next 0.6 Earnings and Valuation Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Witan Investment Trust is 29.87, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.73.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Witan Investment Trust is 29.87, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 11.17.Price to Book Value per Share RatioWitan Investment Trust has a P/B Ratio of 0.83. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 0.0Community Rank: 2.6Dividend Strength: 1.7Insider Behavior: 3.0Valuation: 0.6 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.58 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange LON Industry Asset Management Sub-IndustryN/A SectorFinancial Services Current SymbolLON:WTAN Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.witan.com Phone+44-1268-448646Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio13.23 Current Ratio0.61 Quick Ratio0.61Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio29.87 Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£85.65 million Price / Sales18.71 Cash FlowGBX 5.91 per share Price / Cash Flow31.31 Book ValueGBX 223.60 per share Price / Book0.83Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous Employees7 Outstanding Shares865,353,024Market Cap£1.60 billion Next Earnings Date8/11/2020 (Estimated) OptionableNot Optionable LSE:WTAN Rates by TradingView Receive WTAN News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for WTAN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Witan Investment Trust (LON:WTAN) Frequently Asked Questions How has Witan Investment Trust's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Witan Investment Trust's stock was trading at GBX 180.80 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WTAN shares have increased by 2.4% and is now trading at GBX 185.20. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. When is Witan Investment Trust's next earnings date? Witan Investment Trust is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 11th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Witan Investment Trust. How often does Witan Investment Trust pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Witan Investment Trust? Witan Investment Trust announced a dividend on Wednesday, April 29th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 21st will be given a dividend of GBX 1.34 per share on Friday, June 19th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 21st. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Witan Investment Trust's dividend history. Has Witan Investment Trust been receiving favorable news coverage? Media coverage about WTAN stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Witan Investment Trust earned a news sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Witan Investment Trust. Who are some of Witan Investment Trust's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Witan Investment Trust include ONEX (ONEX), JANUS/IDR UNRESTR (JHG), Argo Investments (ARG), M&G (MNG), CI Financial (CIX), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Grenke (GLJ), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Norbord (OSB), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Quilter (QLT) and Challenger (CGF). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Witan Investment Trust own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Witan Investment Trust investors own include Anadarko Petroleum (APC), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Comcast (CMCSA), Dillard's (DDS), Digimarc (DMRC), Duke Energy (DUK), Emerson Electric (EMR), Enterprise GP (EPE), Essent Group (ESNT) and Express Scripts (ESRX). Who are Witan Investment Trust's key executives? Witan Investment Trust's management team includes the following people: Mr. Andrew L. C. Bell, Chief Exec. Officer and Director (Age 63)Mr. James Richard Hart, Investment Director (Age 50)Mr. Michael Wood-Martin, Head of Portfolio Review for JapanMr. Neil Martin Hermon, Co-Head of UK Equities and Portfolio Mang.Ms. Ann Hall, Head of North America Operations What is Witan Investment Trust's stock symbol? Witan Investment Trust trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "WTAN." How do I buy shares of Witan Investment Trust? Shares of WTAN and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock. What is Witan Investment Trust's stock price today? One share of WTAN stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 185.20. How big of a company is Witan Investment Trust? Witan Investment Trust has a market capitalization of £1.60 billion and generates £85.65 million in revenue each year. Witan Investment Trust employs 7 workers across the globe. What is Witan Investment Trust's official website? The official website for Witan Investment Trust is www.witan.com. How can I contact Witan Investment Trust? Witan Investment Trust's mailing address is 14 Queen Annes Gate, LONDON, SW1H 9AA, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-1268-448646. This page was last updated on 7/15/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for $1.00 Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. 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