JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (LON:JUSC) Stock Price Passes Below 200 Day Moving Average – What’s Next?

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (LON:JUSC) crossed below its two hundred day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 455.14 ($5.87) and traded as low as GBX 356.03 ($4.59). JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares last traded at GBX 366 ($4.72), with a volume of 292,587 shares.

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Price Performance

The stock has a market cap of £221.58 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.77 and a beta of 1.15. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 447.10 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 455.14.

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (LON:JUSC) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 28th. The investment trust reported GBX 3.74 ($0.05) earnings per share for the quarter. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies had a return on equity of 4.45% and a net margin of 71.91%.

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 12th will be given a dividend of GBX 3.10 ($0.04) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 12th. This is a positive change from JPMorgan US Smaller Companies’s previous dividend of $3.00. This represents a yield of 0.77%. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies’s payout ratio is presently 15.39%.

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Company Profile

The next big thing starts small

The JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc uses the stock-picking credentials of our US based investment team to invest in well-run companies with attractive and sustainable profits from the potentially faster growing smaller companies segment of the US stock market.

Key points
Expertise – Managed by locally based specialist investors, focused on finding the small cap opportunities within North America.

Portfolio – Seeks well-run US smaller companies with a sustainable competitive advantage, that have a record of success and are good stewards of capital.

Results – Provides access to some of the world’s fastest growing smaller companies in an under researched market.

Why invest in this trust

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc provides access to potentially faster growing smaller US stocks.