BlackRock Smaller Companies (LON:BRSC) Share Price Passes Below 50 Day Moving Average of $1,459.88

BlackRock Smaller Companies (LON:BRSC) shares passed below its fifty day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 1,459.88 ($18.47) and traded as low as GBX 1,436 ($18.16). BlackRock Smaller Companies shares last traded at GBX 1,436 ($18.16), with a volume of 52,478 shares changing hands.

BlackRock Smaller Companies Price Performance

The company has a quick ratio of 20.22, a current ratio of 0.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.28. The business’s 50-day moving average is GBX 1,461.04 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 1,386.32. The company has a market capitalization of £686.72 million, a P/E ratio of -2,155.76 and a beta of 1.07.

BlackRock Smaller Companies Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 23rd were given a dividend of GBX 27 ($0.34) per share. This is a positive change from BlackRock Smaller Companies’s previous dividend of $15.00. This represents a dividend yield of 1.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, May 23rd. BlackRock Smaller Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -6,176.47%.

BlackRock Smaller Companies Company Profile

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched by BlackRock Fund Managers Limited. The fund is managed by BlackRock Investment Managers (UK) Limited. It invests in public equity markets of the United Kingdom. The fund seeks to invest in the stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors including support services, software and computer services, media and entertainment, construction and building materials, leisure and hotels, general retailers, mining, oil and gas, specialty and other finance, and information technology hardware.