Seplat Energy (LON:SEPL) Sets New 12-Month High After Dividend Announcement

Seplat Energy Plc (LON:SEPLGet Free Report) hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday following a dividend announcement from the company. The stock traded as high as GBX 169.01 ($2.12) and last traded at GBX 168 ($2.11), with a volume of 157837 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 166.50 ($2.09).

The newly announced dividend which will be paid on Friday, June 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 30th will be issued a dividend of $0.03 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 30th. This represents a yield of 1.44%. Seplat Energy’s dividend payout ratio is currently 8,181.82%.

Seplat Energy Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 42.22. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 146.42 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 135.74. The company has a market cap of £976.81 million, a PE ratio of 1,509.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.09 and a beta of 0.48.

About Seplat Energy

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Seplat Energy Plc engages in the oil and gas exploration and production, and gas processing activities in Nigeria, the Bahamas, Italy, Switzerland, Barbados, and England. It operates through two segments, Oil and Gas. The Oil segment explores, develops, and produces crude oil. Its Gas segment produces and processes gas.

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