Sappi (OTCMKTS:SPPJY) Stock Price Crosses Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Sappi Limited (OTCMKTS:SPPJY)’s stock price passed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of $2.77 and traded as low as $2.40. Sappi shares last traded at $2.58, with a volume of 1,848 shares changing hands.

Sappi Price Performance

The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. The company has a market capitalization of $1.44 billion, a PE ratio of 86.03 and a beta of 1.03. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $2.83 and its 200 day simple moving average is $2.77.

Sappi Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.1082 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 10th. Sappi’s dividend payout ratio is presently 333.33%.

About Sappi

Sappi Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of materials made from woodfiber-based renewable resources in Europe, North America, and South Africa. The company manufacture and sells dissolving pulp, and wood and paper pulp; graphic papers, coated and uncoated papers, and casting and release papers; and packaging and specialty papers, including packaging and specialty papers, including flexible packaging papers, label papers, functional paper packaging products, containerboards, paperboards, silicone base papers, and dye sublimation papers.