Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH) Insider Sarah Mace Sells 8,199 Shares

Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH - Get Free Report) insider Sarah Mace sold 8,199 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, April 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 250 ($3.36), for a total value of £20,497.50 ($27,539.30).

Personal Group Stock Down 0.8 %

LON:PGH traded down GBX 2.12 ($0.03) on Tuesday, hitting GBX 250.89 ($3.37). The stock had a trading volume of 69,529 shares, compared to its average volume of 39,994. The stock has a market cap of £77.33 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.83 and a beta of 0.46. The business's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 227.71 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 205.27. Personal Group Holdings Plc has a 52-week low of GBX 153.13 ($2.06) and a 52-week high of GBX 261.24 ($3.51).

Personal Group (LON:PGH - Get Free Report) last announced its 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 return on equity of 14.40% and a net margin of 13.49%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Personal Group Holdings Plc will post 19.0753425 EPS for the current year.

Personal Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 14th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 3rd will be paid a GBX 10 ($0.13) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 3rd. This represents a dividend yield of 4.31%. This is an increase from Personal Group's previous dividend of $6.50. Personal Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 80.50%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group raised their target price on Personal Group from GBX 209 ($2.81) to GBX 316 ($4.25) and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 25th.

Personal Group Company Profile

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.

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