BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC) To Go Ex-Dividend on October 31st

BlackRock Smaller Companies (LON:BRSC) announced a dividend on Thursday, October 24th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders 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 dividend yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 31st. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

BlackRock Smaller Companies Stock Performance

LON:BRSC opened at GBX 1,448 ($18.80) on Friday. BlackRock Smaller Companies has a 52-week low of GBX 1,146 ($14.88) and a 52-week high of GBX 1,622 ($21.06). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.28, a quick ratio of 20.22 and a current ratio of 0.34. The firm has a market cap of £682.01 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2,129.41 and a beta of 1.11. The business’s fifty day moving average is GBX 1,464.19 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 1,468.71.

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.