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

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

Personal Group Trading Down 0.5 %

Shares of PGH stock opened at GBX 198 ($2.55) on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.78, a current ratio of 2.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.52. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 179.98 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 172.17. Personal Group Holdings Plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 145.02 ($1.87) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 210 ($2.70). The stock has a market capitalization of £61.68 million, a P/E ratio of 1,387.00 and a beta of 0.46.

Personal Group Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed 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 boost from Personal Group’s previous dividend of $5.85. Personal Group’s payout ratio is currently 8,571.43%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group assumed coverage on Personal Group in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a GBX 209 ($2.69) target price for the company.

About Personal Group

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.