RIT Capital Partners (LON:RCP) Announces Dividend of GBX 21.50

RIT Capital Partners (LON:RCP) declared a dividend on Monday, March 3rd, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, April 3rd will be paid a dividend of GBX 21.50 ($0.28) per share on Friday, April 25th. This represents a yield of 1.14%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 3rd. This is a 10.3% increase from RIT Capital Partners’s previous dividend of $19.50. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

RIT Capital Partners Price Performance

Shares of RCP opened at GBX 1,897.36 ($24.51) on Tuesday. RIT Capital Partners has a fifty-two week low of GBX 1,698 ($21.94) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 2,030 ($26.23). The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 1,937.16 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 1,905.97. The stock has a market cap of £2.74 billion, a PE ratio of 16.40 and a beta of 0.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.81, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 1.41.

RIT Capital Partners (LON:RCP) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 3rd. The company reported GBX (6.40) (($0.08)) earnings per share for the quarter. RIT Capital Partners had a return on equity of 4.70% and a net margin of 162.20%.

About RIT Capital Partners

RIT Capital Partners plc is a self-managed investment trust. The firm invests in the public equity and currency markets across the globe. It also invests in private investments and equity funds. The firm benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the RPI plus 3% and MSCI All Country World Index (50% Sterling).