BlackRock Smaller Companies (LON:BRSC) Declares GBX 15.50 Dividend

BlackRock Smaller Companies (LON:BRSC) declared a dividend on Thursday, October 24th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, October 31st will be paid a dividend of GBX 15.50 ($0.20) per share on Wednesday, December 4th. This represents a yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 31st. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

BlackRock Smaller Companies Stock Up 1.9 %

BRSC traded up GBX 26 ($0.34) during trading on Thursday, hitting GBX 1,428 ($18.54). 114,084 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 96,690. BlackRock Smaller Companies has a 12-month low of GBX 1,146 ($14.88) and a 12-month high of GBX 1,622 ($21.06). The company’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 1,468.35 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 1,469.14. The company has a current ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 20.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.28. The stock has a market capitalization of £672.59 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2,100.00 and a beta of 1.11.

About BlackRock Smaller Companies

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched by BlackRock Fund Managers Limited. The fund is managed by BlackRock Investment Managers (UK) Limited. It invests in public equity markets of the United Kingdom. The fund seeks to invest in the stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors including support services, software and computer services, media and entertainment, construction and building materials, leisure and hotels, general retailers, mining, oil and gas, specialty and other finance, and information technology hardware.