Bankers (LON:BNKR) Sets New 1-Year High at $113.20

Bankers (LON:BNKR)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as GBX 113.20 ($1.40) and last traded at GBX 112.28 ($1.39), with a volume of 618741 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 112 ($1.38).

Bankers Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.37, a current ratio of 2.74 and a quick ratio of 8.27. The company has a market capitalization of £1.34 billion, a PE ratio of 2,240.00 and a beta of 0.62. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 110.14 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 103.84.

Bankers Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 25th will be given a GBX 0.67 ($0.01) dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 25th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.63%. This is an increase from Bankers’s previous dividend of $0.66. Bankers’s dividend payout ratio is 6,000.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Simon Edward Callum Miller purchased 10,000 shares of Bankers stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 11th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 112 ($1.38) per share, for a total transaction of £11,200 ($13,833.99). Insiders own 0.84% of the company’s stock.

About Bankers

The Bankers 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 public equity markets across the globe. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors.