Shares of Empiric Student Property Plc (LON:ESP - Get Free Report) passed above its fifty day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 83.13 ($1.10) and traded as high as GBX 90.60 ($1.20). Empiric Student Property shares last traded at GBX 90.20 ($1.20), with a volume of 4,698,840 shares trading hands.
Empiric Student Property Trading Down 0.3 %
The company has a market cap of £596.83 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.12, a PEG ratio of 2.03 and a beta of 1.05. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 83.55 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 85.99. The company has a quick ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.27.
Empiric Student Property (LON:ESP - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 14th. The company reported GBX 4 ($0.05) earnings per share for the quarter. Empiric Student Property had a return on equity of 7.23% and a net margin of 65.69%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Empiric Student Property Plc will post 5.330033 earnings per share for the current year.
Empiric Student Property Increases Dividend
The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th were paid a dividend of GBX 1.08 ($0.01) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 27th. This represents a yield of 1.32%. This is a boost from Empiric Student Property's previous dividend of $0.88. Empiric Student Property's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 44.92%.
Empiric Student Property Company Profile
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Empiric Student Property plc is a leading provider and operator of modern, predominantly direct-let, premium student accommodation serving key UK universities.
Investing in both operating and development assets, Empiric is a fully integrated operational student property business focused on premium studio-led accommodation managed through its Hello Student® operating platform, that is attractive to affluent growing student segments.
The Company, an internally managed real estate investment trust ("REIT") incorporated in England and Wales, listed on the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and was admitted to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange in June 2014.
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