Tristel (LON:TSTL) Sets New 1-Year Low – Time to Sell?

Tristel plc (LON:TSTL)’s stock price reached a new 52-week low during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as GBX 305.50 ($3.95) and last traded at GBX 312.50 ($4.04), with a volume of 110779 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 322 ($4.16).

Tristel Price Performance

The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 358.19 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 391.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.09, a current ratio of 3.75 and a quick ratio of 3.83. The company has a market capitalization of £149.28 million, a P/E ratio of 22.87 and a beta of 0.23.

Tristel (LON:TSTL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 24th. The company reported GBX 8.17 ($0.11) earnings per share for the quarter. Tristel had a net margin of 15.47% and a return on equity of 20.43%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Tristel plc will post 16.2974684 EPS for the current year.

Tristel Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 20th will be paid a GBX 5.68 ($0.07) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 20th. This represents a yield of 1.7%. Tristel’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 95.14%.

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