Bankers (LON:BNKR) Reaches New 1-Year High at $113.20

Bankers (LON:BNKR)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as GBX 113.20 ($1.42) and last traded at GBX 112.28 ($1.41), with a volume of 618741 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 112 ($1.41).

Bankers Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.37, a current ratio of 2.74 and a quick ratio of 8.27. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 110.38 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 104.05. The company has a market cap of £1.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,244.00 and a beta of 0.62.

Bankers Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 25th will be given a GBX 0.67 ($0.01) dividend. This is an increase from Bankers’s previous dividend of $0.66. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 25th. This represents a yield of 0.63%. Bankers’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 6,000.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Bankers

In related news, insider Simon Edward Callum Miller purchased 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 11th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 112 ($1.41) per share, with a total value of £11,200 ($14,068.58). 0.84% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Bankers Company Profile

The Bankers Investment Trust PLC is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Henderson Investment Funds Limited. It is co-managed by Henderson Global Investors Limited. The fund invests in public equity markets across the globe. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors.