European Assets Trust PLC (LON:EAT) Plans Dividend of GBX 1.48

European Assets Trust PLC (LON:EAT) announced a dividend on Wednesday, June 26th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 4th will be given a dividend of GBX 1.48 ($0.02) per share on Wednesday, July 31st. This represents a dividend yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 4th. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

European Assets Trust Trading Up 0.7 %

Shares of EAT stock opened at GBX 86.60 ($1.10) on Wednesday. European Assets Trust has a fifty-two week low of GBX 73 ($0.92) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 92.20 ($1.17). The firm has a market capitalization of £311.82 million, a P/E ratio of 860.00 and a beta of 1.05. The stock’s fifty day moving average is GBX 88.70 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 87.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.34, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 0.20.

Insider Activity at European Assets Trust

In related news, insider Kevin Troup bought 11,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 20th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 88 ($1.11) per share, with a total value of £9,680 ($12,243.87). In other news, insider Kevin Troup purchased 11,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 20th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 88 ($1.11) per share, for a total transaction of £9,680 ($12,243.87). Also, insider Kate Cornish Bowden acquired 30,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 21st. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 90 ($1.14) per share, for a total transaction of £27,000 ($34,151.28). Insiders own 0.79% of the company’s stock.

European Assets Trust Company Profile

European Assets Trust PLC is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by F&C Investment Business Limited. The fund invests in the public equity markets of Europe, excluding the United Kingdom. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in stocks of small and mid cap companies with a market capitalization below that of the largest company in the Euromoney Smaller European Companies (ex UK) Index or below Euro 2.5 billion.