Senior (LON:SNR) Share Price Passes Above 200 Day Moving Average – Here’s Why

Senior plc (LON:SNR) shares passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 150.97 ($2.00) and traded as high as GBX 166 ($2.20). Senior shares last traded at GBX 159.80 ($2.12), with a volume of 529,231 shares changing hands.

Senior Price Performance

The company’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 142.64 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 150.97. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 59.35. The company has a market cap of £661.90 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.51, a PEG ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.47.

Senior (LON:SNR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, March 3rd. The company reported GBX 7.17 ($0.10) EPS for the quarter. Senior had a net margin of 3.09% and a return on equity of 6.67%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Senior plc will post 5.8304196 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Senior Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 1st will be given a dividend of GBX 1.65 ($0.02) per share. This is a boost from Senior’s previous dividend of $0.75. This represents a dividend yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 1st. Senior’s dividend payout ratio is currently 27.22%.

Senior Company Profile

Senior is an international, market-leading, engineering solutions provider with 30 operating businesses in 13 countries*.

Senior designs, manufactures and markets high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment producers in the worldwide aerospace, defence, land vehicle and power & energy markets.

The Group aims to create long-term sustainable growth in shareholder value through a culture of empowerment of autonomous and collaborative operations working within an effective control framework.