Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) Stock Passes Below 50 Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) shares crossed below its 50-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 103.96 ($1.31) and traded as low as GBX 103.50 ($1.31). Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares last traded at GBX 103.75 ($1.31), with a volume of 727,364 shares traded.

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Stock Performance

The firm’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 103.96 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 105.12. The company has a quick ratio of 41.12, a current ratio of 0.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.83. The firm has a market capitalization of £172.59 million, a PE ratio of 6.57 and a beta of 0.98.

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, December 6th. The company reported GBX 2.20 ($0.03) earnings per share 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 business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 16th were given a dividend of GBX 1.03 ($0.01) per share. This represents a yield of 1.04%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, January 16th. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies’s payout ratio is presently 31.67%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Montanaro UK Smaller Companies

In other news, insider Yuuichiro Nakajima purchased 5,000 shares of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 14th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 107 ($1.35) per share, for a total transaction of £5,350 ($6,751.64). Also, insider Arthur Copple purchased 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 16th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 100 ($1.26) per share, with a total value of £25,000 ($31,549.72). Company insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

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.