BB Seguridade Participações (OTCMKTS:BBSEY) Hits New 12-Month High - Still a Buy?

BB Seguridade Participações S.A. (OTCMKTS:BBSEY - Get Free Report) shares hit a new 52-week high during trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as $7.30 and last traded at $7.25, with a volume of 120090 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $7.23.

BB Seguridade Participações Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of $14.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 0.90. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $6.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $6.30.

BB Seguridade Participações (OTCMKTS:BBSEY - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 17th. The company reported $0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.02. BB Seguridade Participações had a net margin of 85.43% and a return on equity of 73.91%. The business had revenue of $448.84 million for the quarter. Research analysts anticipate that BB Seguridade Participações S.A. will post 0.71 EPS for the current year.

BB Seguridade Participações Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 13th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th were given a $0.3978 dividend. This is a boost from BB Seguridade Participações's previous dividend of $0.21. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 28th. BB Seguridade Participações's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 86.75%.

BB Seguridade Participações Company Profile

BB Seguridade Participações SA, through its subsidiaries operates in the insurance, pension plans, and bonds, businesses in Brazil. The company operates through Security and Brokerage segments. The Security segment offers life, property, rural, special risks and financial, transport, hulls, and housing people insurance products.