B.P. Marsh & Partners (LON:BPM) Share Price Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

B.P. Marsh & Partners PLC (LON:BPM - Get Free Report)'s share price crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 644.05 ($8.34) and traded as high as GBX 704.40 ($9.12). B.P. Marsh & Partners shares last traded at GBX 696.02 ($9.02), with a volume of 4,943 shares.

B.P. Marsh & Partners Stock Down 0.7 %

The stock's fifty day moving average price is GBX 686.44 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 647.96. The company has a market capitalization of £261.48 million, a PE ratio of 4.85 and a beta of 0.71.

B.P. Marsh & Partners Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Saturday, March 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 30th will be issued a dividend of GBX 6.78 ($0.09) per share. This is a positive change from B.P. Marsh & Partners's previous dividend of $5.36. This represents a dividend yield of 0.98%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 30th. B.P. Marsh & Partners's dividend payout ratio is currently 8.25%.

Insider Transactions at B.P. Marsh & Partners

In other B.P. Marsh & Partners news, insider Francesca Chappell sold 18,750 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 741 ($9.60), for a total transaction of £138,937.50 ($179,970.85). Also, insider Alice Hannah Daisy Foulk sold 15,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 743 ($9.62), for a total transaction of £111,450 ($144,365.28). 82.33% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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B.P. Marsh & Partners Company Profile

B.P. Marsh & Partners PLC is a specialist venture capital / private equity investor in early stage financial services intermediary businesses, including insurance intermediaries, financial advisors, wealth and fund managers and specialist advisory and consultancy firms. It considers investment opportunities based in the United Kingdom, Europe, North America and Internationally. The Group invests amounts of up to £5m in the first round.