Sarah Mace Acquires 6,927 Shares of Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH) Stock

Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH - Get Free Report) insider Sarah Mace purchased 6,927 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 15th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 291 ($3.90) per share, for a total transaction of £20,157.57 ($26,995.54).

Sarah Mace also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, April 28th, Sarah Mace sold 8,199 shares of Personal Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 250 ($3.35), for a total transaction of £20,497.50 ($27,450.78).

Personal Group Stock Performance

Shares of LON:PGH traded up GBX 8.80 ($0.12) during trading on Wednesday, reaching GBX 291.80 ($3.91). The stock had a trading volume of 33,570 shares, compared to its average volume of 39,636. Personal Group Holdings Plc has a 52 week low of GBX 153.13 ($2.05) and a 52 week high of GBX 298 ($3.99). The stock has a market cap of £89.95 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.58 and a beta of 0.46. The firm's fifty day moving average is GBX 245.14 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 214.34.

Personal Group (LON:PGH - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 25th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.24) earnings per share for the quarter. Personal Group had a net margin of 13.49% and a return on equity of 14.40%. On average, research analysts forecast that Personal Group Holdings Plc will post 19.0753425 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Personal Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 3rd were issued a GBX 10 ($0.13) dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 3rd. This is a positive change from Personal Group's previous dividend of $6.50. This represents a yield of 4.31%. Personal Group's dividend payout ratio is 80.50%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group raised their price target on Personal Group from GBX 209 ($2.80) to GBX 316 ($4.23) and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 25th.

About Personal Group

Personal Group Holdings Plc AIM: PGH is a workforce benefits and health insurance provider. Its vision is to be the champion of affordable and accessible insurance and benefits, keeping businesses and their employees happy, healthy and protected. The Group is proud to support the health and wellbeing of c.