H&T Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, primarily provides pawn broking services in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates through six segments: Pawnbroking, Gold Purchasing, Retail, Pawnbroking Scrap, Personal Loans, and Other Services. It offers personal loans, as well as gold purchasing, jewelry retail, cheque cashing, unsecured lending, buyback, foreign exchange currency, and money transfer services. The company provides its products and services through online and in-store. As of December 31, 2020, it operated 253 stores. The company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Sutton, the United Kingdom.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Separately, Shore Capital reissued a "house stock" rating on shares of H&T Group in a report on Tuesday, August 9th.
H&T Group Price Performance
H&T Group stock opened at GBX 460.55 ($5.56) on Friday. H&T Group has a one year low of GBX 257 ($3.11) and a one year high of GBX 464 ($5.61). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 28.50, a quick ratio of 4.55 and a current ratio of 6.14. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 379.84 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 346.98. The company has a market cap of £183.59 million and a P/E ratio of 2,423.47.
H&T Group Cuts Dividend
The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 8th will be issued a GBX 5 ($0.06) dividend. This represents a yield of 1.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 8th. H&T Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 52.63%.