Personal Group (LON:PGH) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

Personal Group (LON:PGH) issued its earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.23) EPS for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Personal Group had a net margin of 13.49% and a return on equity of 14.40%.

Personal Group Price Performance

Shares of PGH stock opened at GBX 247.92 ($3.19) on Thursday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 206.25 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 193.22. The firm has a market capitalization of £76.42 million, a P/E ratio of 16.63 and a beta of 0.46. Personal Group has a 12 month low of GBX 152 ($1.96) and a 12 month high of GBX 248 ($3.19).

Personal Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 3rd will be paid a dividend of GBX 10 ($0.13) per share. This is an increase from Personal Group’s previous dividend of $6.50. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 3rd. This represents a yield of 4.31%. Personal Group’s payout ratio is 80.50%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price objective on Personal Group from GBX 209 ($2.69) to GBX 316 ($4.07) and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday.

About Personal Group

Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a workforce benefits and health insurance provider. Its vision is to be the champion of affordable and accessible insurance and benefits, keeping businesses and their employees happy, healthy and protected. The Group is proud to support the health and wellbeing of c.