B.P. Marsh & Partners PLC (LON:BPM) Increases Dividend to GBX 6.78 Per Share

B.P. Marsh & Partners PLC (LON:BPM - Get Free Report) announced a dividend on Thursday, January 23rd,Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 30th will be paid a dividend of GBX 6.78 ($0.08) per share by the insurance provider on Friday, February 28th. This represents a yield of 0.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 30th. This is an increase from B.P. Marsh & Partners's previous dividend of $5.36. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

B.P. Marsh & Partners Price Performance

Shares of BPM traded down GBX 8.85 ($0.11) during trading hours on Friday, hitting GBX 681.15 ($8.46). The stock had a trading volume of 39,827 shares, compared to its average volume of 41,762. The stock has a market capitalization of £251.00 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 597.50 and a beta of 0.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a current ratio of 52.25 and a quick ratio of 21.03. The company's fifty day moving average is GBX 718.07 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 619.60. B.P. Marsh & Partners has a 52 week low of GBX 413.21 ($5.13) and a 52 week high of GBX 760 ($9.44).

Insider Transactions at B.P. Marsh & Partners

In other news, insider Francesca Chappell sold 18,750 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 741 ($9.20), for a total transaction of £138,937.50 ($172,550.30). Also, insider Daniel Topping sold 10,447 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 700 ($8.69), for a total transaction of £73,129 ($90,820.91). Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 54,197 shares of company stock valued at $39,751,650. Corporate insiders own 82.33% of the company's stock.

About B.P. Marsh & Partners

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.