Polar Capital Global Financials (LON:PCFT) Sets New 12-Month High – Time to Buy?

Polar Capital Global Financials (LON:PCFTGet Free Report) shares hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as GBX 208.55 ($2.63) and last traded at GBX 208.55 ($2.63), with a volume of 314158 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 207 ($2.61).

Polar Capital Global Financials Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of £637.25 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.56 and a beta of 0.98. The business’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 197.97 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 186.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.23, a current ratio of 17.44 and a quick ratio of 0.68.

Polar Capital Global Financials Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 6th will be paid a GBX 2.20 ($0.03) dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 6th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.09%. Polar Capital Global Financials’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 13.31%.

Polar Capital Global Financials Company Profile

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Polar Capital Global Financials Trust plc is a UK investment trust launched in July 2013, co-managed by Polar Capital’s John Yakas, Nick Brind and George Barrow. The Trust was initially launched with a fixed term life but in April 2020 moved to 5-yearly tender offers with no fixed end of life. The first of the regular tender offers will be on or before 30 June 2025.

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