Senior (LON:SNR) Shares Down 6% - What's Next?

Senior plc (LON:SNR - Get Free Report) dropped 6% during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as low as GBX 118 ($1.56) and last traded at GBX 118.60 ($1.57). Approximately 1,243,328 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 55% from the average daily volume of 2,788,214 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 126.20 ($1.67).

Senior Trading Up 2.0 %

The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 59.35. The company has a market cap of £506.90 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.47, a PEG ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.47. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 149.39 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 150.08.

Senior (LON:SNR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, March 3rd. The company reported GBX 7.17 ($0.10) earnings per share for the quarter. Senior had a net margin of 3.09% and a return on equity of 6.67%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Senior plc will post 5.8304196 earnings per share for the current year.

Senior Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 1st will be issued a GBX 1.65 ($0.02) dividend. This is a positive change from Senior's previous dividend of $0.75. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 1st. This represents a yield of 1.01%. Senior's payout ratio is presently 27.22%.

Senior Company Profile

Senior is an international, market-leading, engineering solutions provider with 30 operating businesses in 13 countries*. Senior designs, manufactures and markets high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment producers in the worldwide aerospace, defence, land vehicle and power & energy markets. The Group aims to create long-term sustainable growth in shareholder value through a culture of empowerment of autonomous and collaborative operations working within an effective control framework.

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