Mountview Estates P.L.C. (LON:MTVW - Get Free Report) crossed below its 50 day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 8,858.28 ($110.22) and traded as low as GBX 8,843 ($110.03). Mountview Estates shares last traded at GBX 8,843 ($110.03), with a volume of 163 shares trading hands.
The stock has a market cap of £360.75 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,268.86 and a beta of 0.47. The company's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 8,858.28 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 9,114.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 16.64, a current ratio of 121.68 and a quick ratio of 0.79.
Mountview Estates (LON:MTVW - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November 20th. The company reported GBX 347.90 ($4.33) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Mountview Estates had a return on equity of 7.19% and a net margin of 35.76%.
The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, February 20th will be given a dividend of GBX 250 ($3.11) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 20th. This represents a yield of 2.71%. Mountview Estates's payout ratio is currently 7,544.58%.
In related news, insider Andrew R. Williams purchased 300 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 21st. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 8,900 ($110.74) per share, with a total value of £26,700 ($33,221.35). Insiders own 73.33% of the company's stock.
Mountview Estates P.L.C., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the property trading and investment activities in the United Kingdom. It owns and acquires tenanted residential properties; and sells such properties when it becomes vacant. The company trades in regulated, assured, assured shorthold, and life tenancy residential units, as well as freehold and leasehold ground rent units.
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