Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST) To Go Ex-Dividend on January 9th

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) announced a dividend on Friday, November 14th,Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 9th will be paid a dividend of GBX 22 ($0.28) per share on Friday, February 7th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.53%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 9th. This is a boost from Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos’s previous dividend of $13.00. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos Price Performance

Shares of SST opened at GBX 1,527.60 ($19.11) on Tuesday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 1,463.04 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 1,450.55. The stock has a market cap of £359.75 million, a PE ratio of 914.73 and a beta of 0.37. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a 1-year low of GBX 1,270 ($15.89) and a 1-year high of GBX 1,550 ($19.39). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.03, a current ratio of 5.36 and a quick ratio of 7.77.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Jeremy Whitley acquired 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 14th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 1,449 ($18.13) per share, with a total value of £43,470 ($54,385.09). 8.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos

The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by First Sentier Investors (UK) Funds Limited. It is co-managed by First State Investment Management (UK) Limited. The fund invests in the public equity markets of Asia, excluding Japan and Australasia.