Mountview Estates (LON:MTVW) Stock Price Crosses Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

Mountview Estates P.L.C. (LON:MTVW) shares passed below its two hundred day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 9,155.32 ($111.39) and traded as low as GBX 9,120 ($110.96). Mountview Estates shares last traded at GBX 9,300 ($113.15), with a volume of 102 shares trading hands.

Mountview Estates Price Performance

The company has a market cap of £362.70 million, a PE ratio of 1,275.72 and a beta of 0.47. The firm’s 50-day moving average is GBX 8,873.48 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 9,151.69. The company has a quick ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 121.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 16.64.

Mountview Estates Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 20th will be given a GBX 250 ($3.04) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 2.71%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. Mountview Estates’s dividend payout ratio is currently 7,544.58%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Andrew R. Williams purchased 300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 21st. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 8,900 ($108.29) per share, with a total value of £26,700 ($32,485.70). 73.33% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Mountview Estates

Mountview Estates P.L.C., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the property trading and investment activities in the United Kingdom. It owns and acquires tenanted residential properties; and sells such properties when it becomes vacant. The company trades in regulated, assured, assured shorthold, and life tenancy residential units, as well as freehold and leasehold ground rent units.