Quilter (LON:QLT) Reaches New 1-Year High at $110.20

Shares of Quilter plc (LON:QLT) hit a new 52-week high on Monday . The company traded as high as GBX 110.20 ($1.36) and last traded at GBX 106.75 ($1.32), with a volume of 270291 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 107.60 ($1.33).

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Berenberg Bank reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 105 ($1.30) price objective on shares of Quilter in a report on Thursday.

Quilter Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.37, a quick ratio of 0.05 and a current ratio of 1.21. The company has a market cap of £1.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,586.67, a P/E/G ratio of 4.18 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 102.62 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 98.02.

Quilter Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 18th will be given a dividend of GBX 3.70 ($0.05) per share. This is a positive change from Quilter’s previous dividend of $1.50. This represents a yield of 3.64%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 18th. Quilter’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 16,666.67%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Mark Satchel sold 41,557 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 103 ($1.27), for a total transaction of £42,803.71 ($52,870.20). 5.28% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Quilter Company Profile

Quilter plc provides advice-led investment solutions in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates through High Net Worth and Affluent segments. The High Net Worth segment provides discretionary investment management services to high-net worth clients, charities, companies, and institutions through a network of branches; and financial advice services for protection, mortgages, savings, investment, and pensions primarily to high-net-worth clients.