Paragon Banking Group (PAG) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Paragon is a specialist banking group. It offers a range of savings accounts and provide finance for landlords and small and medium-sized businesses (‘SMEs’) and residential property developers in the UK. Founded in 1985 and listed on the London Stock Exchange, it is a FTSE-250 company. Headquartered in Solihull, it employs more than 1,400 people. Its operations are organised into two lending divisions and lending is funded largely by retail deposits.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 703.50 to 715.50
• 50-Day Range: 701 to 834.38
• 52-Week Range: 681.50 to 926
• Volume: 762,338 shs
• Average Volume: 1.07 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.28 billion
• P/E Ratio: 7.94
• Dividend Yield: 6.48%
• Price Target: GBX 1,062
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Paragon Banking Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Paragon Banking Group scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Paragon Banking Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Paragon Banking Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,062, representing about 48.6% upside from its current price of GBX 714.50.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Paragon Banking Group has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Paragon Banking Group is 7.94, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.70.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Paragon Banking Group is 7.94, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.69.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Paragon Banking Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.50. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Paragon Banking Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.07. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for PAG.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Paragon Banking Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.48%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Paragon Banking Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Paragon Banking Group is 48.78%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.58

News Sentiment

Paragon Banking Group has a news sentiment score of 0.58. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Paragon Banking Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

38 people have searched for PAG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 73% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Paragon Banking Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.18% of the stock of Paragon Banking Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

65.65% of the stock of Paragon Banking Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/02/2026
• Today: 10/16/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Financial Services
• Sub-Industry: Commercial & Residential Mortgage Finance
• Current Symbol: LON:PAG
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.paragonbankinggroup.co.uk
• Phone: +44-84-58494000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 26,500
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Paragon Banking Group: GBX 1,062
• High Price Target: GBX 1,100
• Low Price Target: GBX 1,035
• Potential Upside/Downside: +48.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 90
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 7.94
• Forward P/E Ratio: 6.87
• P/E Growth: 0.5
• Net Income: £185.69 million
• Net Margins: 14.98%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 11.98%
• Return on Assets: 1.09%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 163.38
• Current Ratio: 16.10
• Quick Ratio: 1.48

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £525.20 million
• Price / Sales: 2.43
• Cash Flow: GBX 1,589.90 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.45
• Book Value: GBX 665.81 per share
• Price / Book: 1.07

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 178,955,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.28 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.19