Mony Group (LON:MONY) Insider Purchases £150.72 in Stock

Key Points

• Insider purchase: Peter Duffy bought 96 shares on April 8 at an average price of GBX 157 per share, a total value of £150.72.
• Stock and valuation: MONY traded at GBX 161.26 mid-day, with a market cap of £841.64m, P/E of 10.61, 12-month range GBX 139.70–224.80, 50-day SMA GBX 160.13 and 200-day SMA GBX 179.83.
• Analyst outlook: The stock has an average Buy rating and a consensus price target of GBX 260, with recent upgrades including Jefferies lifting its target to GBX 230.

Mony Group Plc (LON:MONY - Get Free Report) insider Peter Duffy bought 96 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 8th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 157 per share, with a total value of £150.72.

Mony Group Stock Performance

LON:MONY traded up GBX 3.56 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching GBX 161.26. The stock had a trading volume of 5,078,293 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,017,686. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.86, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a current ratio of 1.18. The firm has a market capitalization of £841.64 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.61, a PEG ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.91. Mony Group Plc has a twelve month low of GBX 139.70 and a twelve month high of GBX 224.80. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 160.13 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 179.83.

Mony Group (LON:MONY - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 23rd. The company reported GBX 15.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Mony Group had a return on equity of 36.01% and a net margin of 18.19%. On average, analysts expect that Mony Group Plc will post 19.1090909 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have recently issued reports on MONY shares. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Mony Group to a "buy" rating and boosted their price objective for the company from GBX 205 to GBX 230 in a research note on Friday, March 27th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price objective on shares of Mony Group from GBX 260 to GBX 250 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of GBX 260.

Mony Group Company Profile

MONY Group PLC is an established member of the FTSE 250 index. The Group operates a tech-led savings platform and leading UK brands including price comparison sites (MoneySuperMarket), cashback (Quidco) and a consumer finance content led brand (MoneySavingExpert). We cover a broad range of verticals including Insurance, Money, Home Services and Travel amongst others. Our purpose is to help households save money by giving them access to free online tools that enable them to compare and switch products.

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