Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) Stock Price Passes Above Fifty Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Alliance Trust (LON:ATST)’s stock price passed above its 50-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 1,200.25 ($15.58) and traded as high as GBX 1,238 ($16.07). Alliance Trust shares last traded at GBX 1,232 ($16.00), with a volume of 608,615 shares changing hands.

Alliance Trust Stock Up 0.3 %

The company has a market capitalization of £3.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 581.13 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a current ratio of 2.15, a quick ratio of 0.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.43. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 1,200.25 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 1,209.98.

Alliance Trust Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 27th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 29th were paid a dividend of GBX 6.62 ($0.09) per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 29th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.55%. Alliance Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 1,226.42%.

Alliance Trust Company Profile

Alliance Trust PLC is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm provides its services to retail investors and institutional investors. It invests in public equity markets. Alliance Trust PLC was founded on April 21, 1888 and is based in Dundee, United Kingdom with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.