Seplat Energy (LON:SEPL) Reaches New 1-Year High at $158.55

Shares of Seplat Energy Plc (LON:SEPL) reached a new 52-week high on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 158.55 ($1.96) and last traded at GBX 158.55 ($1.96), with a volume of 20177 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 150 ($1.85).

Seplat Energy Price Performance

The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 144.37 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 134.44. The stock has a market capitalization of £929.74 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,454.55, a PEG ratio of 0.09 and a beta of 0.48. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 42.22.

Seplat Energy Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 29th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 25th will be issued a dividend of $0.06 per share. This represents a yield of 3.51%. This is a boost from Seplat Energy’s previous dividend of $0.03. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 25th. Seplat Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 8,181.82%.

Seplat Energy Company Profile

Seplat Energy Plc engages in the oil and gas exploration and production, and gas processing activities in Nigeria, the Bahamas, Italy, Switzerland, Barbados, and England. It operates through two segments, Oil and Gas. The Oil segment explores, develops, and produces crude oil. Its Gas segment produces and processes gas.