Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC (LON:MONY) Insider Peter Duffy Buys 70 Shares

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC (LON:MONY - Get Free Report) insider Peter Duffy purchased 70 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 5th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 217 ($2.75) per share, with a total value of £151.90 ($192.25).

Peter Duffy also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, April 3rd, Peter Duffy sold 14,327 shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 220 ($2.78), for a total transaction of £31,519.40 ($39,892.92).
• On Wednesday, March 6th, Peter Duffy acquired 62 shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 240 ($3.04) per share, for a total transaction of £148.80 ($188.33).
• On Tuesday, February 6th, Peter Duffy acquired 61 shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 248 ($3.14) per share, for a total transaction of £151.28 ($191.47).

Moneysupermarket.com Group Trading Up 1.2 %

Shares of LON:MONY traded up GBX 2.60 ($0.03) during trading on Monday, reaching GBX 222.20 ($2.81). 534,224 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 915,370. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.19 billion, a PE ratio of 1,709.23, a P/E/G ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.70. The business's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 238.89 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 255.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 26.49, a current ratio of 0.78 and a quick ratio of 0.71. Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC has a 12-month low of GBX 214 ($2.71) and a 12-month high of GBX 288.80 ($3.66).

Moneysupermarket.com Group Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 28th will be issued a dividend of GBX 8.90 ($0.11) per share. This represents a yield of 3.54%. This is a positive change from Moneysupermarket.com Group's previous dividend of $3.20. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 28th. Moneysupermarket.com Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 9,230.77%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently weighed in on MONY shares. Barclays reduced their price objective on shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group from GBX 305 ($3.86) to GBX 295 ($3.73) and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 20th. Berenberg Bank raised shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group to a "buy" rating and raised their target price for the stock from GBX 290 ($3.67) to GBX 295 ($3.73) in a research report on Wednesday, February 21st. Finally, Shore Capital reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group in a research report on Monday, February 19th.

About Moneysupermarket.com Group

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides price comparison and lead generation services through its websites in the United Kingdom. The company operates through Insurance, Money, Home Services, Travel, and Cashback segments. It offers MoneySuperMarket, a price comparison site, which provides online and app-based tools to help people save money on their household bills; MoneySavingExpert, a consumer finance website; Quidco, a cashback site; TravelSupermarket for comparing prices on a range of holiday options, including package holidays and hotels, low-cost and charter airlines, and car hire providers; icelolly.com, a holiday comparison and deals site; and Decision Tech, a price comparison platform.