Personal Group (LON:PGH) Shares Pass Above 50 Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH - Get Free Report)'s stock price crossed above its 50 day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 224.39 ($3.01) and traded as high as GBX 238.89 ($3.21). Personal Group shares last traded at GBX 233.67 ($3.14), with a volume of 35,041 shares trading hands.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group upped their price objective on shares of Personal Group from GBX 209 ($2.81) to GBX 316 ($4.25) and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 25th.

Personal Group Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of £78.58 million, a P/E ratio of 17.10 and a beta of 0.46. The firm's 50 day moving average price is GBX 227.71 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 205.27.

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

Personal Group Increases Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Maria Darby-Walker purchased 2,242 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 7th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 223 ($3.00) per share, with a total value of £4,999.66 ($6,717.26). 43.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.