Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) Stock Passes Below Fifty Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU)’s stock price passed below its fifty day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 103.24 ($1.28) and traded as low as GBX 102.50 ($1.27). Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares last traded at GBX 102.50 ($1.27), with a volume of 203,529 shares.

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Trading Up 2.4 %

The business has a 50 day moving average of GBX 103.24 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 105.70. The firm has a market capitalization of £175.69 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 954.24 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.82, a current ratio of 11.57 and a quick ratio of 41.12.

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, December 6th. The company reported GBX 2.20 ($0.03) EPS for the quarter. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies had a return on equity of 9.97% and a net margin of 88.19%.

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 16th will be issued a GBX 1.03 ($0.01) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 16th. This represents a yield of 1.04%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 4,545.45%.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Arthur Copple bought 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 16th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 100 ($1.24) per share, for a total transaction of £25,000 ($30,879.45). 0.21% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Company Profile

The Trust aims to achieve capital growth by investing in small companies listed on the London Stock Exchange or its Alternative Investment Market (AIM). It seeks relative outperformance of its benchmark, the Numis Smaller Companies Index.

Montanaro Asset Management was founded by Charles Montanaro in 1991 with a vision to bring a different approach to SmallCap investing.

We think of ourselves as an Oasis in the City.