Insider Buying: Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) Insider Purchases 5,000 Shares of Stock

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) insider Yuuichiro Nakajima bought 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 14th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 107 ($1.35) per share, for a total transaction of £5,350 ($6,732.10).

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Trading Down 0.5 %

LON MTU opened at GBX 105.50 ($1.33) on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of £175.50 million, a P/E ratio of 6.68 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.83, a current ratio of 0.37 and a quick ratio of 41.12. The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 104.09 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 105.21. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a one year low of GBX 95 ($1.20) and a one year high of GBX 113.50 ($1.43).

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, December 6th. The company reported GBX 2.20 ($0.03) EPS for the quarter. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies had a return on equity of 13.16% and a net margin of 91.45%.

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 16th were issued a dividend of GBX 1.03 ($0.01) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, January 16th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.04%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies’s payout ratio is presently 31.67%.

About Montanaro UK Smaller Companies

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.