Barbara Powley Acquires 10,000 Shares of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) Stock

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) insider Barbara Powley acquired 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 17th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 106 ($1.32) per share, with a total value of £10,600 ($13,195.57).

Barbara Powley also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, February 9th, Barbara Powley acquired 151 shares of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 98 ($1.22) per share, with a total value of £147.98 ($184.22).

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Trading Down 0.7 %

LON:MTU opened at GBX 105.50 ($1.31) on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 99.65 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 97.19. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a 52 week low of GBX 83.07 ($1.03) and a 52 week high of GBX 110 ($1.37). The company has a quick ratio of 41.12, a current ratio of 11.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.82. The firm has a market capitalization of £176.59 million, a P/E ratio of 959.09 and a beta of 0.97.

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 18th will be issued a dividend of GBX 1.19 ($0.01) per share. This is a positive change from Montanaro UK Smaller Companies’s previous dividend of $1.18. This represents a yield of 1.17%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 18th. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 4,545.45%.

About Montanaro UK Smaller Companies

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Montanaro Investment Managers Ltd. It invests in the public equity markets of the United Kingdom. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of small-cap companies operating across diversified sectors.