Senior (LON:SNR) Share Price Crosses Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

Senior plc (LON:SNR - Get Free Report)'s stock price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 153.77 ($1.99) and traded as high as GBX 163.60 ($2.12). Senior shares last traded at GBX 162.40 ($2.10), with a volume of 51,337,906 shares.

Senior Price Performance

The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 162.30 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 153.68. The stock has a market cap of £643.47 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.91, a P/E/G ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 59.35, a current ratio of 1.56 and a quick ratio of 0.84.

Senior (LON:SNR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, March 3rd. The company reported GBX 7.17 ($0.09) EPS for the quarter. Senior had a net margin of 3.09% and a return on equity of 6.67%. On average, analysts expect that Senior plc will post 5.8304196 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Senior Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 1st will be given a dividend of GBX 1.65 ($0.02) per share. This is an increase from Senior's previous dividend of $0.75. This represents a yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 1st. Senior's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 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.