Standard Chartered PLC (SCBFF) to Issue Dividend of $0.28 on May 19th

Standard Chartered PLC (OTCMKTS:SCBFF) announced a dividend on Thursday, March 20th, investing.com reports. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 28th will be given 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 Stock Performance

Shares of SCBFF stock opened at $14.35 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $35.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.93 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.48, a current ratio of 0.84 and a quick ratio of 0.84. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $14.19 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $12.32. Standard Chartered has a one year low of $7.70 and a one year high of $16.43.

Standard Chartered (OTCMKTS:SCBFF) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 21st. The company reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Standard Chartered had a return on equity of 8.80% and a net margin of 8.56%. The company had revenue of $4.80 billion during the quarter. As a group, equities analysts predict that Standard Chartered will post 1.66 EPS 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.