BlackRock Greater Europe (LON:BRGE) Declares Dividend of GBX 5.25

BlackRock Greater Europe (LON:BRGE) announced a dividend on Tuesday, November 5th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, November 21st will be paid a dividend of GBX 5.25 ($0.07) per share on Friday, December 20th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 21st. This is a boost from BlackRock Greater Europe’s previous dividend of $1.75. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

BlackRock Greater Europe Stock Up 0.7 %

Shares of BRGE stock traded up GBX 4 ($0.05) on Wednesday, hitting GBX 555 ($7.22). The stock had a trading volume of 83,921 shares, compared to its average volume of 138,721. BlackRock Greater Europe has a one year low of GBX 483 ($6.29) and a one year high of GBX 653 ($8.50). The business has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 578.10 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 602.44. The company has a market cap of £548.84 million, a PE ratio of 479.13 and a beta of 1.01. The company has a quick ratio of 2.71, a current ratio of 0.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.38.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Sapna Shah purchased 4,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 2nd. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 599 ($7.80) per share, with a total value of £23,960 ($31,189.79). 3.42% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

BlackRock Greater Europe Company Profile

BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust plc is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by BlackRock Fund Managers Limited. It is managed by BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited. The fund invests in the public equity markets of Europe, excluding the United Kingdom. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors.