Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) Reaches New 1-Year High – Should You Buy?

Caledonia Investments Plc (LON:CLDN) reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as GBX 3,815 ($47.95) and last traded at GBX 3,813.66 ($47.93), with a volume of 31182 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 3,795 ($47.69).

Caledonia Investments Stock Up 0.1 %

The company has a market capitalization of £2.04 billion, a PE ratio of 10.20 and a beta of 0.77. The firm’s 50-day moving average is GBX 3,588.78 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 3,499.46.

Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 26th. The company reported GBX 40.50 ($0.51) earnings per share for the quarter. Caledonia Investments had a return on equity of 6.98% and a net margin of 86.28%.

Caledonia Investments Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 5th were given a GBX 19.69 ($0.25) dividend. This represents a yield of 0.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 5th. Caledonia Investments’s payout ratio is presently 18.70%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Caledonia Investments

In other news, insider William Wyatt bought 135 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 6th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 3,800 ($47.76) per share, for a total transaction of £5,130 ($6,447.15). Company insiders own 40.16% of the company’s stock.

Caledonia Investments Company Profile

Caledonia is a FTSE 250 self-managed investment trust company with a long track record of delivering consistent returns and progressive annual dividend payments to shareholders.

Our aim is to generate long-term compounding real returns that outperform inflation by 3%-6% over the medium to long term, and the FTSE All-Share index over 10 years.

We are a long-term investor and hold investments in both listed and private markets across three pools: Public Companies, Private Capital and Funds.