Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) Stock Passes Above 200 Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

Caledonia Investments Plc (LON:CLDN - Get Free Report)'s share price crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 3,565.34 ($47.24) and traded as high as GBX 3,630.78 ($48.11). Caledonia Investments shares last traded at GBX 3,610 ($47.83), with a volume of 44,717 shares trading hands.

Caledonia Investments Stock Up 1.2 %

The firm has a market cap of £1.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.76 and a beta of 0.77. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 3,715.31 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 3,565.34.

Caledonia Investments Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 27th were paid a GBX 95.80 ($1.27) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 27th. This represents a dividend yield of 4.33%. This is a positive change from Caledonia Investments's previous dividend of $19.69. Caledonia Investments's payout ratio is currently 18.70%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Mathew Masters sold 516 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,880 ($51.41), for a total transaction of £20,020.80 ($26,528.16). Also, insider William Wyatt bought 135 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 6th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 3,800 ($50.35) per share, for a total transaction of £5,130 ($6,797.40). 40.16% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Caledonia Investments

Caledonia is a FTSE 250 self-managed investment trust company with a long track record of delivering consistent returns and progressive annual dividend payments to shareholders. Our aim is to generate long-term compounding real returns that outperform inflation by 3%-6% over the medium to long term, and the FTSE All-Share index over 10 years. We are a long-term investor and hold investments in both listed and private markets across three pools: Public Companies, Private Capital and Funds.

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