Nick Kirk Sells 29,749 Shares of PageGroup plc (LON:PAGE) Stock

PageGroup plc (LON:PAGE) insider Nick Kirk sold 29,749 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 336 ($4.37), for a total transaction of £99,956.64 ($130,033.36).

PageGroup Stock Down 0.7 %

Shares of PAGE opened at GBX 338.80 ($4.41) on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of £1.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.97, a PEG ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.11. PageGroup plc has a one year low of GBX 291.04 ($3.79) and a one year high of GBX 502 ($6.53). The business’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 323.35 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 349.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 40.35, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 1.77.

PageGroup (LON:PAGE) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 9.10 ($0.12) EPS for the quarter. PageGroup had a return on equity of 17.47% and a net margin of 2.71%. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that PageGroup plc will post 23.5923567 EPS for the current fiscal year.

PageGroup Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be given a GBX 11.75 ($0.15) dividend. This represents a yield of 3.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 15th. This is a boost from PageGroup’s previous dividend of $5.36. PageGroup’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 105.21%.

About PageGroup

PageGroup Changes Lives…

That’s our PageGroup Purpose, delivered by c. 8,500 people in 37 countries, with a gross profit of over £1,076.3mm in 2022. Our four core  PageGroup brands are supported by specialised recruitment teams operating across 25 disciplines.

As a FTSE 250 company, a lot has changed since we were set up in 1976 and the Group continues to grow and evolve.