Bankers (LON:BNKR) Hits New 12-Month High at $113.00

Bankers (LON:BNKR) shares hit a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 113 ($1.40) and last traded at GBX 111.47 ($1.38), with a volume of 783989 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 111 ($1.37).

Bankers Price Performance

The company has a quick ratio of 8.27, a current ratio of 2.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.37. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.34 billion, a PE ratio of 2,220.00 and a beta of 0.62. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 109.70 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 103.39.

Bankers Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 25th will be issued a GBX 0.67 ($0.01) dividend. This is a boost from Bankers’s previous dividend of $0.66. This represents a yield of 0.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 25th. Bankers’s dividend payout ratio is presently 6,000.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Bankers

In related news, insider Ankush Nandra bought 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 3rd. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 111 ($1.37) per share, for a total transaction of £11,100 ($13,710.47). 0.84% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Bankers Company Profile

The Bankers Investment Trust PLC is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Henderson Investment Funds Limited. It is co-managed by Henderson Global Investors Limited. The fund invests in public equity markets across the globe. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors.