Insider Buying: European Assets Trust PLC (LON:EAT) Insider Purchases £27,000 in Stock

European Assets Trust PLC (LON:EAT) insider Kate Cornish Bowden acquired 30,000 shares of European Assets Trust stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 21st. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 90 ($1.14) per share, with a total value of £27,000 ($34,316.22).

European Assets Trust Trading Up 0.2 %

European Assets Trust stock opened at GBX 90.20 ($1.15) on Friday. European Assets Trust PLC has a 52-week low of GBX 73 ($0.93) and a 52-week high of GBX 93.90 ($1.19). The company has a market cap of £324.78 million, a P/E ratio of 902.00 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 0.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.34. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 86.68 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 85.64.

European Assets Trust Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 4th were given a dividend of GBX 1.48 ($0.02) per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 4th. This represents a yield of 1.71%. European Assets Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 6,000.00%.

About European Assets Trust

European Assets Trust PLC is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by F&C Investment Business Limited. The fund invests in the public equity markets of Europe, excluding the United Kingdom. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in stocks of small and mid cap companies with a market capitalization below that of the largest company in the Euromoney Smaller European Companies (ex UK) Index or below Euro 2.5 billion.