Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH) Insider Ciaran Astin Acquires 439 Shares

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

Personal Group Stock Performance

Shares of LON PGH traded up GBX 2.90 ($0.04) during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting GBX 200.90 ($2.59). 8,062 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 38,878. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.52, a quick ratio of 2.78 and a current ratio of 2.39. Personal Group Holdings Plc has a one year low of GBX 145.02 ($1.87) and a one year high of GBX 210 ($2.70). The firm has a market capitalization of £62.58 million, a P/E ratio of 1,435.00 and a beta of 0.46. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 179.23 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 171.95.

Personal Group Increases Dividend

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group began coverage on Personal Group in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. They issued 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.