Jeremy Whitley Acquires 25,000 Shares of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) Stock

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) insider Jeremy Whitley purchased 25,000 shares of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 21st. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 270 per share, for a total transaction of £67,500.

Jeremy Whitley also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, January 21st, Jeremy Whitley acquired 20,000 shares of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 270 per share, with a total value of £54,000.

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos Price Performance

LON:SST remained flat at GBX 270 during mid-day trading on Wednesday. 304,963 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 270,446. The stock’s fifty day moving average is GBX 277.08 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 287.16. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a twelve month low of GBX 242.60 and a twelve month high of GBX 310. The company has a market cap of £306.38 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -39.42 and a beta of 0.37.

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 12th. The company reported GBX 4.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos had a net margin of 77.82% and a return on equity of 28.42%.

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. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in stocks of small-cap companies having market capitalizations below $1.5 billion. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the MSCI AC Asia (ex Japan) Index.