Senior (LON:SNR) Shares Pass Above 200-Day Moving Average of $167.34

Shares of Senior plc (LON:SNR) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 167.34 ($2.10) and traded as high as GBX 170 ($2.14). Senior shares last traded at GBX 168.40 ($2.12), with a volume of 139,053 shares trading hands.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Barclays restated an “equal weight” rating and issued a GBX 168 ($2.11) target price on shares of Senior in a report on Wednesday, May 1st.

Senior Stock Performance

The business’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 168.97 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 167.34. The firm has a market cap of £694.92 million, a P/E ratio of 2,414.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.39. The company has a current ratio of 1.71, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.00.

Senior Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, May 2nd will be issued a dividend of GBX 1.70 ($0.02) per share. This represents a yield of 1.07%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 2nd. This is an increase from Senior’s previous dividend of $0.60. Senior’s payout ratio is currently 2,857.14%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Senior

In other news, insider David Squires sold 266,257 shares of Senior stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 173 ($2.17), for a total value of £460,624.61 ($578,674.13). 1.34% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Senior

Senior plc designs, manufactures, and sells high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment manufacturers in the aerospace, defense, land vehicle, and power and energy markets in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Aerospace and Flexonics.