Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) Increases Dividend to GBX 22 Per Share

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) declared a dividend on Thursday, November 14th,Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 9th will be given a dividend of GBX 22 ($0.28) per share on Friday, February 7th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 9th. This is a positive change from Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos’s previous dividend of $13.00. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos Trading Up 0.3 %

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos stock opened at GBX 1,440 ($18.53) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.03, a quick ratio of 7.77 and a current ratio of 5.36. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 1,463.23 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 1,423.44. The firm has a market capitalization of £339.12 million, a PE ratio of 859.28 and a beta of 0.37. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a 52 week low of GBX 1,230 ($15.83) and a 52 week high of GBX 1,550 ($19.95).

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos news, insider Jeremy Whitley bought 3,000 shares of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 14th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 1,449 ($18.65) per share, with a total value of £43,470 ($55,938.75). 8.52% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos Company Profile

The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by First Sentier Investors (UK) Funds Limited. It is co-managed by First State Investment Management (UK) Limited. The fund invests in the public equity markets of Asia, excluding Japan and Australasia.