Insider Buying: Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) Insider Purchases 25,000 Shares of Stock

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) insider Jeremy Whitley bought 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 268 per share, with a total value of £67,000.

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos Price Performance

LON:SST traded up GBX 0.96 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching GBX 268. The company had a trading volume of 95,017 shares, compared to its average volume of 179,849. The firm has a market capitalization of £301.47 million, a PE ratio of -22.28 and a beta of 0.30. The company has a quick ratio of 7.77, a current ratio of 2.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.82. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 261.36 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 272.18. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a one year low of GBX 240 and a one year high of GBX 310.

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 1st. The company reported GBX (0.14) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos had a negative net margin of 16.42% and a negative return on equity of 2.07%. The firm had revenue of GBX 222 million for the quarter.

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.