Empiric Student Property (LON:ESP) Hits New 12-Month High at $99.90

Empiric Student Property Plc (LON:ESP)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 99.90 ($1.33) and last traded at GBX 98.80 ($1.32), with a volume of 474266 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 98.30 ($1.31).

Empiric Student Property Trading Down 0.9 %

The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 96.67 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 94.12. The firm has a market cap of £590.79 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,096.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.03 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.27, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 1.45.

Empiric Student Property Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 5th were given a GBX 0.88 ($0.01) dividend. This represents a yield of 0.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 5th. Empiric Student Property’s payout ratio is 4,444.44%.

About Empiric Student Property

Empiric Student Property plc is a leading provider and operator of modern, predominantly direct-let, premium student accommodation serving key UK universities. Investing in both operating and development assets, Empiric is a fully integrated operational student property business focused on premium studio-led accommodation managed through its Hello Student operating platform, that is attractive to affluent growing student segments.