European Assets Trust PLC (EAT) To Go Ex-Dividend on April 17th

European Assets Trust PLC (LON:EAT) announced a dividend on Thursday, March 27th, Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, April 17th will be paid a dividend of GBX 4 ($0.05) per share on Wednesday, April 23rd. This represents a yield of 0.77%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 17th. This is a 189.9% increase from European Assets Trust’s previous dividend of $1.38. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

European Assets Trust Price Performance

Shares of LON EAT opened at GBX 81.80 ($1.06) on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 83.90 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 83.28. The stock has a market capitalization of £294.17 million, a PE ratio of 10.53 and a beta of 1.05. European Assets Trust has a fifty-two week low of GBX 79.12 ($1.02) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 92.20 ($1.19).

Insider Activity at European Assets Trust

In other news, insider Monica Tepes bought 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 12th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 85 ($1.10) per share, with a total value of £8,500 ($11,001.81). 0.82% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About European Assets Trust

European Assets Trust PLC is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by F&C Investment Business Limited. The fund invests in the public equity markets of Europe, excluding the United Kingdom. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in stocks of small and mid cap companies with a market capitalization below that of the largest company in the Euromoney Smaller European Companies (ex UK) Index or below Euro 2.5 billion.