Premium Income (TSE:PIC.A) Hits New 12-Month High – Should You Buy?

Premium Income Corporation (TSE:PIC.AGet Free Report)’s share price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as C$11.01 and last traded at C$10.79, with a volume of 74841 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at C$10.81.

Premium Income Stock Down 0.1%

The company has a 50 day moving average price of C$9.78 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$9.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 562.70, a current ratio of 1.18 and a quick ratio of 1.45. The stock has a market cap of C$207.42 million, a PE ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.34.

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to provide Class A shareholders with quarterly cash distributions equal to the amount, if any, by which the net realized capital gains, dividends and option premiums (other than option premiums in respect of options outstanding at year-end) earned on the Funds portfolio in any year, net of expenses and loss carry forwards, exceed the amount of the distributions paid on Class A shares upon windup of the Fund To accomplish its objectives, the Fund invests at least 75 percent of its net asset value (“NAV) in common shares of the Bank of Montreal, The Bank of Nova Scotia, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Royal Bank of Canada and The Toronto-Dominion Bank (collectively, the “Banks) and may also invest up to 25 percent of its NAV in common shares of National Bank of Canada.

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