Murray Steele Acquires 60,279 Shares of Octopus Apollo VCT (LON:OAP3) Stock

Octopus Apollo VCT (LON:OAP3) insider Murray Steele acquired 60,279 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 1st. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 54 ($0.70) per share, for a total transaction of £32,550.66 ($42,055.12).

Octopus Apollo VCT Stock Down 3.2 %

LON OAP3 traded down GBX 1.50 ($0.02) on Tuesday, reaching GBX 46 ($0.59). The stock had a trading volume of 4 shares, compared to its average volume of 378,138. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 45.62 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 45.77. Octopus Apollo VCT has a 12-month low of GBX 42.75 ($0.55) and a 12-month high of GBX 50 ($0.65). The firm has a market capitalization of £442.47 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -76.80 and a beta of -0.09.

Octopus Apollo VCT Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 8th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 17th will be paid a dividend of GBX 1.30 ($0.02) per share. This represents a yield of 2.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 17th. Octopus Apollo VCT’s payout ratio is -500.88%.

Octopus Apollo VCT Company Profile

Octopus Apollo VCT plc is a venture capital trust specializing in development and expansion investments in smaller unquoted companies. The fund invests in small and medium sized companies in the United Kingdom. It typically invests in companies with debt investment values between £1 million ($1.64 million) and £2 million ($3.29 million).