Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) Plans Dividend Increase – GBX 19.50 Per Share

Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) announced a dividend on Thursday, August 1st, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 29th will be given a dividend of GBX 19.50 ($0.25) per share on Monday, October 7th. This represents a yield of 2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 29th. This is an increase from Henderson Smaller Companies’s previous dividend of $7.50. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

Henderson Smaller Companies Price Performance

Shares of LON:HSL opened at GBX 940.04 ($12.09) on Friday. The company has a market cap of £701.65 million, a PE ratio of -1,176.54 and a beta of 1.25. Henderson Smaller Companies has a fifty-two week low of GBX 626 ($8.05) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 987.65 ($12.70). The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 890.96 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 824.36. The company has a quick ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 0.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.79.

Henderson Smaller Companies Company Profile

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Henderson Investment Funds Limited. It is co-managed by Henderson Global Investors Limited. The fund invests in the public equity markets of the United Kingdom. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors.