MS INTERNATIONAL (LON:MSI) Stock Price Passes Below 200-Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

MS INTERNATIONAL plc (LON:MSI) crossed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 1,007.14 ($12.54) and traded as low as GBX 912 ($11.35). MS INTERNATIONAL shares last traded at GBX 936 ($11.65), with a volume of 7,181 shares trading hands.

MS INTERNATIONAL Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of £149.67 million, a PE ratio of 1,397.01 and a beta of 0.04. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 967.02 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 1,007.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.58, a quick ratio of 0.95 and a current ratio of 1.51.

MS INTERNATIONAL (LON:MSI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, December 6th. The company reported GBX 39.80 ($0.50) earnings per share for the quarter. MS INTERNATIONAL had a return on equity of 25.03% and a net margin of 10.49%.

MS INTERNATIONAL Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 19th were issued a dividend of GBX 5 ($0.06) per share. This represents a yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 19th. MS INTERNATIONAL’s dividend payout ratio is presently 2,985.07%.

Insider Buying and Selling at MS INTERNATIONAL

In other news, insider Michael J. Bell sold 6,090 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 950 ($11.82), for a total value of £57,855 ($72,012.70). 56.84% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About MS INTERNATIONAL

MS INTERNATIONAL plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, construction, and servicing of a range of engineering products and structures in the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States of America, Asia, South America, and internationally. It operates through Defence and Security, Forgings, Petrol Station Superstructures, and Corporate Branding divisions.