Barbara Powley Buys 13,500 Shares of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) Stock

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) insider Barbara Powley bought 13,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, April 14th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 93 ($1.23) per share, with a total value of £12,555 ($16,618.13).

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Price Performance

Shares of LON:MTU opened at GBX 94.80 ($1.25) on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 98.97 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 102.44. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a 52 week low of GBX 85.76 ($1.14) and a 52 week high of GBX 113.50 ($1.50). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.83, a quick ratio of 41.12 and a current ratio of 0.37. The company has a market cap of £157.70 million, a PE ratio of 6.00 and a beta of 0.98.

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 13th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be given a GBX 4 ($0.05) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 3.05%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. This is a boost from Montanaro UK Smaller Companies’s previous dividend of $1.03. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 31.67%.

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.