B.P. Marsh & Partners (LON:BPM) Share Price Passes Above 200 Day Moving Average – What’s Next?

B.P. Marsh & Partners PLC (LON:BPM)’s share price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 644.05 ($8.35) and traded as high as GBX 704.40 ($9.14). B.P. Marsh & Partners shares last traded at GBX 696.02 ($9.03), with a volume of 4,943 shares trading hands.

B.P. Marsh & Partners Stock Up 2.8 %

The stock has a market capitalization of £265.93 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.93 and a beta of 0.71. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 687.40 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 645.89.

B.P. Marsh & Partners Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Saturday, March 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 30th will be given a dividend of GBX 6.78 ($0.09) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 30th. This is an increase from B.P. Marsh & Partners’s previous dividend of $5.36. This represents a yield of 0.98%. B.P. Marsh & Partners’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 8.25%.

Insider Buying and Selling at B.P. Marsh & Partners

In related news, insider Alice Hannah Daisy Foulk sold 15,000 shares of B.P. Marsh & Partners stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 743 ($9.64), for a total value of £111,450 ($144,533.78). Also, insider Francesca Chappell sold 18,750 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 741 ($9.61), for a total value of £138,937.50 ($180,180.91). Corporate insiders own 82.33% of the company’s stock.

B.P. Marsh & Partners Company Profile

B.P. Marsh & Partners PLC is a specialist venture capital / private equity investor in early stage financial services intermediary businesses, including insurance intermediaries, financial advisors, wealth and fund managers and specialist advisory and consultancy firms. It considers investment opportunities based in the United Kingdom, Europe, North America and Internationally.

The Group invests amounts of up to £5m in the first round.