Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH) Insider Ciaran Astin Purchases 439 Shares of Stock

Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH) insider Ciaran Astin bought 439 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 13th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 171 ($2.20) per share, for a total transaction of £750.69 ($966.01).

Personal Group Stock Performance

LON PGH opened at GBX 199 ($2.56) on Thursday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 179.23 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 171.95. The firm has a market capitalization of £61.99 million, a P/E ratio of 1,435.00 and a beta of 0.46. Personal Group Holdings Plc has a 1-year low of GBX 145.02 ($1.87) and a 1-year high of GBX 210 ($2.70). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.52, a current ratio of 2.39 and a quick ratio of 2.78.

Personal Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 8th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 3rd were paid a GBX 6.50 ($0.08) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 3rd. This represents a dividend yield of 3.99%. This is a positive change from Personal Group’s previous dividend of $5.85. Personal Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 8,571.43%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group started coverage on Personal Group in a report on Tuesday, September 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a GBX 209 ($2.69) price objective on the stock.

Personal Group Company Profile

Personal Group Holdings Plc provides benefits and platform products, pay and reward consultancy services, and salary sacrifice technology products in the United Kingdom. It operates through four segments: Affordable Insurance, Other Owned Benefits, Benefits Platform, and Pay and Reward. The company offers insurance products, including hospital plans, convalescence plans, and death benefit policies; and consultancy and software solutions services on pay and reward services, as well as a suite of cloud-based SaaS solutions and surveys.