Scottish Mortgage (LON:SMT) Insider Christopher Samuel Acquires 10,000 Shares

Scottish Mortgage (LON:SMT) insider Christopher Samuel acquired 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 11th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 1,007 ($13.66) per share, for a total transaction of £100,700 ($136,635.01).

Scottish Mortgage Trading Down 1.0%

Shares of Scottish Mortgage stock opened at GBX 990 ($13.43) on Friday. Scottish Mortgage has a 1-year low of GBX 733.43 ($9.95) and a 1-year high of GBX 1,142.51 ($15.50). The firm’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 942.98 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 979.70. The stock has a market capitalization of £12.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.16 and a beta of 0.75.

Scottish Mortgage (LON:SMT) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 22nd. The company reported GBX 1.39 ($0.02) EPS for the quarter. Scottish Mortgage had a net margin of 94.48% and a return on equity of 11.53%.

Scottish Mortgage Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th were given a GBX 4 ($0.05) dividend. This is a boost from Scottish Mortgage’s previous dividend of $1.60. This represents a yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 27th. Scottish Mortgage’s payout ratio is currently 4.10%.

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