Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) Insider David Benda Acquires 17,893 Shares

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) insider David Benda bought 17,893 shares of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 6th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 278 per share, with a total value of £49,742.54.

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos Stock Performance

SST opened at GBX 276.21 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 261.22 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 272.08. The company has a market capitalization of £310.71 million, a PE ratio of -22.96 and a beta of 0.30. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a 1 year low of GBX 240 and a 1 year high of GBX 310. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.82, a current ratio of 2.39 and a quick ratio of 7.77.

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 1st. The company reported GBX (0.14) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of GBX 222 million during the quarter. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos had a negative net margin of 16.42% and a negative return on equity of 2.07%.

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos Company Profile

The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by First Sentier Investors (UK) Funds Limited. It is co-managed by First State Investment Management (UK) Limited. The fund invests in the public equity markets of Asia, excluding Japan and Australasia. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in stocks of small-cap companies having market capitalizations below $1.5 billion. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the MSCI AC Asia (ex Japan) Index.