Standard Chartered PLC (OTCMKTS:SCBFF) Announces Dividend of $0.28

Standard Chartered PLC (OTCMKTS:SCBFF) declared a dividend on Thursday, March 20th, investing.com reports. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 28th will be paid a dividend of 0.28 per share on Monday, May 19th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 27th. This is a 211.1% increase from Standard Chartered’s previous dividend of $0.09.

Standard Chartered Trading Down 7.4 %

OTCMKTS:SCBFF opened at $14.35 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $35.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.93 and a beta of 0.67. Standard Chartered has a 52 week low of $7.70 and a 52 week high of $16.43. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.48. The company has a fifty day moving average of $14.24 and a 200 day moving average of $12.39.

Standard Chartered (OTCMKTS:SCBFF) last posted its earnings results on Friday, February 21st. The company reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of $4.80 billion for the quarter. Standard Chartered had a return on equity of 8.80% and a net margin of 8.56%. On average, research analysts predict that Standard Chartered will post 1.66 earnings per share for the current year.

About Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides various banking products and services in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. The company operates in three segments: Corporate, Commercial & Institutional Banking; Consumer, Private & Business Banking; and Ventures.