Schroders plc (LON:SDR) insider Michael W. R. Dobson sold 25,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,560 ($46.51), for a total transaction of £890,000 ($1,162,790.70).
Schroders stock opened at GBX 3,556 ($46.46) on Friday. Schroders plc has a 12-month low of GBX 2,585 ($33.77) and a 12-month high of GBX 3,694 ($48.26). The stock has a market capitalization of £10.05 billion and a P/E ratio of 21.00. The firm’s 50-day moving average is GBX 3,574.80 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 3,411.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.72, a current ratio of 1.46 and a quick ratio of 1.36.
The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 6th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 25th were paid a dividend of GBX 79 ($1.03) per share. This is a boost from Schroders’s previous dividend of $35.00. This represents a dividend yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 25th. Schroders’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 0.67%.
Schroders Company Profile
Schroders plc is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm also provides advisory and consultancy services. It provides its services to financial institutions, high net worth clients, large corporate, local authority, charitable entities, individuals, pension plans, government funds, insurance companies, and endowments.
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