HgCapital Trust plc (LON:HGT) Insider Acquires £19,200 in Stock

HgCapital Trust plc (LON:HGT) insider Richard J. Brooman acquired 5,000 shares of HgCapital Trust stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 14th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 384 ($4.72) per share, for a total transaction of £19,200 ($23,578.53).

HgCapital Trust Stock Performance

Shares of HGT opened at GBX 391 ($4.80) on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 385.66 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 381.58. The stock has a market cap of £1.79 billion, a PE ratio of 1,056.76 and a beta of 0.43. HgCapital Trust plc has a 12 month low of GBX 317 ($3.89) and a 12 month high of GBX 420 ($5.16). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.58, a current ratio of 81.78 and a quick ratio of 274.70.

HgCapital Trust Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 28th were paid a GBX 2 ($0.02) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 0.48%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 28th. HgCapital Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 1,891.89%.

About HgCapital Trust

Hg Capital Trust plc specializes in direct, quoted and unquoted companies and fund of funds investments. The funds maximum exposure to unlisted investments is 100% of the gross assets and single investment in an unlisted company or closed-ended investments fund, whether made directly or indirectly, will exceed a maximum of 15% of gross assets.