Scottish Mortgage (LON:SMT) Insider Christopher Samuel Purchases 10,000 Shares of Stock

Scottish Mortgage (LON:SMT) insider Christopher Samuel acquired 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 11th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 1,007 ($13.71) per share, for a total transaction of £100,700 ($137,100.07).

Scottish Mortgage Stock Down 0.7%

LON SMT opened at GBX 999.80 ($13.61) on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 940.28 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 979.63. Scottish Mortgage has a 52 week low of GBX 733.43 ($9.99) and a 52 week high of GBX 1,142.51 ($15.55). The company has a market capitalization of £12.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.26 and a beta of 0.75.

Scottish Mortgage (LON:SMT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 22nd. The company reported GBX 1.39 ($0.02) EPS for the quarter. Scottish Mortgage had a return on equity of 11.53% and a net margin of 94.48%.

Scottish Mortgage Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 27th were paid a GBX 4 ($0.05) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 27th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.8%. This is an increase from Scottish Mortgage’s previous dividend of $1.60. Scottish Mortgage’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 4.10%.

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