Pets at Home Group Plc (LON:PETS) Insider Lyssa McGowan Buys 42,294 Shares

Pets at Home Group Plc (LON:PETS) insider Lyssa McGowan bought 42,294 shares of Pets at Home Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 28th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 236 ($3.00) per share, with a total value of £99,813.84 ($126,699.47).

Pets at Home Group Trading Up 2.3 %

Shares of LON PETS opened at GBX 238.12 ($3.02) on Friday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 295.32 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 298.15. Pets at Home Group Plc has a 52 week low of GBX 228.32 ($2.90) and a 52 week high of GBX 328 ($4.16). The stock has a market cap of £1.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,455.00, a PEG ratio of 2.66 and a beta of 0.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.13, a quick ratio of 0.57 and a current ratio of 0.63.

Pets at Home Group Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 5th will be given a GBX 4.70 ($0.06) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.7%. Pets at Home Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 8,125.00%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 350 ($4.44) price target on shares of Pets at Home Group in a research report on Thursday, August 1st.

About Pets at Home Group

Pets at Home Group Plc engages in the specialist omnichannel retailing of pet food, pet related products, and pet accessories in the United Kingdom. It operates through three segments: Retail, Vet Group, and Central. The company offers pet grooming services comprising a full dog groom, bath, microchipping, and nail clipping; and pet insurance products.