Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH) Insider Buys £20,157.57 in Stock

Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH - Get Free Report) insider Sarah Mace acquired 6,927 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 15th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 291 ($3.87) per share, with a total value of £20,157.57 ($26,805.28).

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 ($3.32), for a total value of £20,497.50 ($27,257.31).

Personal Group Stock Performance

LON:PGH traded down GBX 15 ($0.20) on Friday, hitting GBX 276 ($3.67). The stock had a trading volume of 27,407 shares, compared to its average volume of 40,224. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 241.95 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 212.83. Personal Group Holdings Plc has a 1 year low of GBX 153.13 ($2.04) and a 1 year high of GBX 298 ($3.96). The stock has a market cap of £85.08 million, a P/E ratio of 18.52 and a beta of 0.46.

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

Personal Group Increases Dividend

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price objective on shares of Personal Group from GBX 209 ($2.78) to GBX 316 ($4.20) and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research 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.