European Opportunities Trust (LON:EOT) Stock Price Down 0.9% – Time to Sell?

European Opportunities Trust (LON:EOT)’s share price traded down 0.9% during trading on Monday . The stock traded as low as GBX 879 and last traded at GBX 879. 28,105 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 85% from the average session volume of 190,009 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 887.

European Opportunities Trust Stock Performance

The company has a quick ratio of 0.11, a current ratio of 0.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.14. The business has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 924.16 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 922.29. The stock has a market cap of £410.13 million, a P/E ratio of -19.94 and a beta of 0.86.

European Opportunities Trust (LON:EOT) last issued its earnings results on Friday, August 15th. The company reported GBX (1.32) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. European Opportunities Trust had a net margin of 88.38% and a return on equity of 12.84%.

About European Opportunities Trust

Objective of the Company

The objective of the Company is to invest in securities of European companies and in sectors or geographical areas which are considered by the Investment Adviser to offer good prospects for capital growth, taking into account economic trends and business development.

Investment Policy

The Company will, at all times, invest and manage its assets, with the objective of spreading risk and in accordance with the following policies:

Investment Restrictions

Notwithstanding the broad powers of investment available to the Company as a closed-ended fund, the Board has adopted the following investment restrictions:

no single holding shall constitute more than 10% of the Company’s total assets (calculated at the time of investment);
the Company will not invest in unlisted securities;
the Company will not invest in derivative instruments, whether for efficient portfolio management, gearing or investment purposes;
the Company will not invest in other listed closed-ended investment funds.
the Company shall not take legal or management control over any investments in its portfolio; and
not more than 50% of the Company’s investments may be in securities which are not qualifying securities or government securities for the purposes of the UK ISA Regulations.
Borrowing limits

The Directors consider that long-term capital growth can be enhanced by the use of gearing through bank borrowings.