Insider Buying: Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) Insider Acquires 25,000 Shares of Stock

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) insider Arthur Copple purchased 25,000 shares of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 16th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 100 ($1.22) per share, for a total transaction of £25,000 ($30,599.76).

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Trading Down 0.4 %

Shares of MTU stock traded down GBX 0.40 ($0.00) during trading hours on Thursday, hitting GBX 99.20 ($1.21). 2,734,283 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 496,080. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.82, a quick ratio of 41.12 and a current ratio of 11.57. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a fifty-two week low of GBX 95 ($1.16) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 113.50 ($1.39). The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 103.72 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 105.96. The firm has a market cap of £166.04 million, a P/E ratio of 901.82 and a beta of 0.98.

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 16th will be given a dividend of GBX 1.03 ($0.01) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 16th. This represents a yield of 1.04%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 4,545.45%.

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Company Profile

The Trust aims to achieve capital growth by investing in small companies listed on the London Stock Exchange or its Alternative Investment Market (AIM). It seeks relative outperformance of its benchmark, the Numis Smaller Companies Index.

Montanaro Asset Management was founded by Charles Montanaro in 1991 with a vision to bring a different approach to SmallCap investing.

We think of ourselves as an Oasis in the City.