British Smaller Companies VCT (LON:BSV) Reaches New 1-Year Low – Here’s Why

Shares of British Smaller Companies VCT (LON:BSV) hit a new 52-week low on Wednesday . The company traded as low as GBX 73 ($0.91) and last traded at GBX 76.50 ($0.95), with a volume of 9800 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 75 ($0.93).

British Smaller Companies VCT Price Performance

The company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 75.27 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 77.02. The company has a market capitalization of £233.52 million, a P/E ratio of 1,275.00 and a beta of 0.02.

British Smaller Companies VCT (LON:BSV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November 29th. The company reported GBX 0.73 ($0.01) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. British Smaller Companies VCT had a net margin of 78.85% and a return on equity of 6.72%.

British Smaller Companies VCT Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Monday, January 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 24th were paid a GBX 1.25 ($0.02) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 1.64%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 24th. British Smaller Companies VCT’s dividend payout ratio is currently 6,666.67%.

British Smaller Companies VCT Company Profile

British Smaller Companies VCT plc is a venture capital trust specializing in investments in early stage, mid and late venture, later stage, recapitalizations, growing capital-consuming businesses, acquisition funding and business development in mature, VCT qualifying and non-qualifying unquoted and quoted companies listed on alternative investment market and ISDX.