Senior (LON:SNR) Shares Pass Above 200-Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

Senior plc (LON:SNR)’s stock price crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 153.77 ($1.98) and traded as high as GBX 163.60 ($2.11). Senior shares last traded at GBX 162.40 ($2.09), with a volume of 51,337,906 shares changing hands.

Senior Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 59.35, a current ratio of 1.56 and a quick ratio of 0.84. The business has a 50-day moving average of GBX 162.57 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 153.77. The company has a market capitalization of £680.34 million, a P/E ratio of 22.11, a P/E/G ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.47.

Senior (LON:SNR) last announced its earnings results on Monday, March 3rd. The company reported GBX 7.17 ($0.09) earnings per share for the quarter. Senior had a net margin of 3.09% and a return on equity of 6.67%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Senior plc will post 5.8304196 EPS for the current year.

Senior Increases Dividend

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

Senior Company Profile

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.