F&C Investment Trust (LON:FCIT) Issues Earnings Results

F&C Investment Trust (LON:FCIT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday. The company reported GBX 17.97 earnings per share for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. F&C Investment Trust had a return on equity of 6.18% and a net margin of 86.21%.

F&C Investment Trust Stock Up 0.5%

Shares of LON:FCIT opened at GBX 1,232 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 1,255.05 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 1,227.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.33, a current ratio of 8.57 and a quick ratio of 3.92. F&C Investment Trust has a one year low of GBX 900.75 and a one year high of GBX 1,294. The company has a market cap of £5.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.05 and a beta of 0.80.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other F&C Investment Trust news, insider Beatrice Hollond acquired 82 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 9th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 1,202 per share, with a total value of £985.64. Also, insider Rain Newton Smith acquired 82 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 9th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 1,202 per share, with a total value of £985.64. Over the last quarter, insiders have acquired 1,652 shares of company stock worth $2,082,508. Corporate insiders own 0.15% of the company’s stock.

About F&C Investment Trust

F&C Investment Trust was founded in 1868 to bring the benefits of investing to a wider audience, we’re the oldest investment trust in the world.
F&C aims to provide a reliable foundation to deliver steady, long-term capital growth and a health dividend income. F&C has delivered increasing dividends for 54 years and is classified by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) as a Dividend Hero.

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