Richard Woodman Acquires 1,739 Shares of Paragon Banking Group PLC (LON:PAG) Stock

Paragon Banking Group PLC (LON:PAG - Get Free Report) insider Richard Woodman purchased 1,739 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, June 30th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 941 ($12.85) per share, with a total value of £16,363.99 ($22,346.02).

Paragon Banking Group Price Performance

PAG traded up GBX 7.07 ($0.10) on Thursday, hitting GBX 927.07 ($12.66). The company had a trading volume of 426,062 shares, compared to its average volume of 748,506. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 893.04 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 799.50. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.01, a P/E/G ratio of 0.50 and a beta of 1.52. Paragon Banking Group PLC has a 52-week low of GBX 650.50 ($8.88) and a 52-week high of GBX 970 ($13.25).

Analyst Ratings Changes

PAG has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Shore Capital reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Paragon Banking Group in a research report on Wednesday, June 4th. Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their price target on shares of Paragon Banking Group from GBX 958 ($13.08) to GBX 1,001 ($13.67) and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday.

Paragon Banking Group Company Profile

Paragon is a specialist banking group. It offers a range of savings accounts and provide finance for landlords and small and medium-sized businesses (‘SMEs') and residential property developers in the UK. Founded in 1985 and listed on the London Stock Exchange, it is a FTSE-250 company. Headquartered in Solihull, it employs more than 1,400 people.