Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) Share Price Crosses Below 50 Day Moving Average of $773.10

Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL)’s stock price crossed below its 50 day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 773.10 ($9.62) and traded as low as GBX 752 ($9.36). Henderson Smaller Companies shares last traded at GBX 760 ($9.46), with a volume of 59,946 shares changing hands.

Henderson Smaller Companies Price Performance

The company has a market cap of £567.72 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -938.27 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a current ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 0.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.79. The business has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 773.10 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 753.42.

Henderson Smaller Companies Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 8th were paid a GBX 7.50 ($0.09) dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 8th. This represents a yield of 0.96%. Henderson Smaller Companies’s payout ratio is presently -3,333.33%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Henderson Smaller Companies

In other Henderson Smaller Companies news, insider Yen Mei Lim acquired 1,276 shares of Henderson Smaller Companies stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 14th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 783 ($9.75) per share, with a total value of £9,991.08 ($12,437.55). Insiders own 4.29% of the company’s stock.

About Henderson Smaller Companies

The Henderson Smaller Companies 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 the public equity markets of the United Kingdom. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors.