Saga plc engages in insurance, travel, personal finance, healthcare, retirement villages, and media businesses in the United Kingdom. The company operates in three segments: Insurance, Travel, and Emerging Businesses and Central Costs. It offers car, caravan, motorhome, breakdown cover, home, landlord, holiday home, home emergency, pet, travel, boat, health, personal accident, and life insurance, as well as accidental death benefit products. The company also operates and delivers package tours and cruise holiday products; and provides personal loans, equity release and care funding advice, financial planning, savings accounts, shares ISAs, share dealing nominee and certificated accounts, travel money, credit cards, and wealth management services. In addition, it offers domiciliary care, automotive vehicles repair, and mailing house services; operates retirement villages; and publishes Saga Magazine. The company was formerly known as Saga Limited and changed its name to Saga plc in May 2014. Saga plc was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Folkestone, the United Kingdom.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Insurance - Diversified
Sub-IndustryN/A
SectorFinancial Services
Phone+44-1303-77111
Debt
Price-To-Earnings
Sales & Book Value
Annual SalesN/A
Profitability
Miscellaneous
Employees4,296
OptionableNot Optionable
Saga (LON:SAGA) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Saga's stock symbol?
Saga trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "SAGA."
How often does Saga pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Saga?
Saga announced a dividend on Thursday, September 27th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 18th will be given a dividend of GBX 3 per share on Friday, November 23rd. This represents a dividend yield of 2.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 18th. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Saga's Dividend History.
How were Saga's earnings last quarter?
Saga PLC (LON:SAGA) issued its earnings results on Friday, September, 22nd. The company reported $7.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $7.30 by $0.20. The business had revenue of $435.40 million for the quarter. View Saga's Earnings History.
What price target have analysts set for SAGA?
4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Saga's stock. Their predictions range from GBX 140 to GBX 185. On average, they expect Saga's stock price to reach GBX 163.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 39.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Saga.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Saga?
4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saga in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Saga.
Has Saga been receiving favorable news coverage?
News coverage about SAGA stock has been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Saga earned a daily sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.
Who are some of Saga's key competitors?
Who are Saga's key executives?
Saga's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. Lance H. L. Batchelor, Group CEO & Director (Age 55)
- Mr. James Quin, Group CFO & Exec. Director
- Mr. Mark Watkins, Director of Investor Relations
- Helen Webb, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer
- Ms. Karen Caddick, Group HR Director (Age 50)
How do I buy shares of Saga?
Shares of SAGA and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.
What is Saga's stock price today?
One share of SAGA stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 117.80.
What is Saga's official website?
How can I contact Saga?
Saga's mailing address is Enbrook Park, Sandgate High Street, FOLKESTONE, CT20 3SE, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-1303-77111.
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