Senior (LON:SNR) Shares Cross Above 200 Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Senior plc (LON:SNRGet Free Report) passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 153.89 ($2.00) and traded as high as GBX 173.80 ($2.26). Senior shares last traded at GBX 163.60 ($2.13), with a volume of 143,172,484 shares changing hands.

Senior Trading Down 0.5 %

The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 162.31 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 153.89. The firm has a market cap of £685.36 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 59.35.

Senior (LON:SNRGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, March 3rd. The company reported GBX 7.17 ($0.09) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Senior had a net margin of 3.09% and a return on equity of 6.67%. Equities analysts expect that Senior plc will post 5.8304196 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Senior Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 1st will be paid a dividend of GBX 1.65 ($0.02) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 1st. This is an increase from Senior’s previous dividend of $0.75. This represents a yield of 1.01%. Senior’s payout ratio is 27.22%.

About Senior

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Senior is an international, market-leading, engineering solutions provider with 30 operating businesses in 13 countries*.

Senior designs, manufactures and markets high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment producers in the worldwide aerospace, defence, land vehicle and power & energy markets.

The Group aims to create long-term sustainable growth in shareholder value through a culture of empowerment of autonomous and collaborative operations working within an effective control framework.

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