Senior (LON:SNR) Stock Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average of $167.12

Shares of Senior plc (LON:SNR) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 167.12 ($2.08) and traded as high as GBX 172.60 ($2.15). Senior shares last traded at GBX 165 ($2.05), with a volume of 461,923 shares changing hands.

Senior Stock Performance

The company’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 167.48 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 167.12. The company has a market cap of £681.71 million, a PE ratio of 2,367.39, a P/E/G ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.00, a current ratio of 1.71 and a quick ratio of 0.84.

Senior Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 2nd will be issued a GBX 1.70 ($0.02) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 2nd. This represents a dividend yield of 1.07%. This is an increase from Senior’s previous dividend of $0.60. Senior’s dividend payout ratio is currently 2,857.14%.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider David Squires sold 266,257 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 173 ($2.15), for a total value of £460,624.61 ($573,415.42). 1.34% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Senior

Senior plc designs, manufactures, and sells high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment manufacturers in the aerospace, defense, land vehicle, and power and energy markets in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Aerospace and Flexonics.