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Mike Balfour Buys 7,000 Shares of Smithson Investment Trust PLC (LON:SSON) Stock

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Smithson Investment Trust PLC (LON:SSON - Get Free Report) insider Mike Balfour bought 7,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 27th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 1,456 ($18.81) per share, with a total value of £101,920 ($131,679.59).

Smithson Investment Trust Trading Up 0.6 %

SSON stock traded up GBX 8.42 ($0.11) on Tuesday, hitting GBX 1,422.42 ($18.38). 321,890 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 416,901. The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 1,511.34 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 1,473.55. Smithson Investment Trust PLC has a 1-year low of GBX 1,340 ($17.31) and a 1-year high of GBX 1,575.04 ($20.35). The stock has a market cap of £1.82 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -42.49.

Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 3 ($0.04) EPS for the quarter. Smithson Investment Trust had a net margin of 317.04% and a negative return on equity of 2.13%.

Smithson Investment Trust Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 3rd will be issued a dividend of GBX 0.58 ($0.01) per share. This represents a yield of 0.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 3rd.

Smithson Investment Trust Company Profile

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Smithson aims to provide its shareholders with a similar investment experience to the Fundsmith Equity Fund, being a superior risk-adjusted return over the long term, but by investing in a group of global small and mid capitalisation listed companies with a market cap of £500m to £15bn, which we believe can compound in value over many years, if not decades, hence the name, Smithson.

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