Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH) Insider Sarah Mace Buys 6,927 Shares

Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH) insider Sarah Mace bought 6,927 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 15th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 291 ($3.87) per share, with a total value of £20,157.57 ($26,805.28).

Sarah Mace also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, April 28th, Sarah Mace sold 8,199 shares of Personal Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 250 ($3.32), for a total transaction of £20,497.50 ($27,257.31).

Personal Group Price Performance

PGH stock opened at GBX 276 ($3.67) on Monday. Personal Group Holdings Plc has a 52-week low of GBX 153.13 ($2.04) and a 52-week high of GBX 298 ($3.96). The company’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 241.95 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 213.03. The firm has a market capitalization of £85.08 million, a P/E ratio of 18.52 and a beta of 0.46.

Personal Group (LON:PGH) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 25th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.24) earnings per share for the quarter. Personal Group had a net margin of 13.49% and a return on equity of 14.40%. Sell-side analysts predict that Personal Group Holdings Plc will post 19.0753425 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Personal Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 3rd were paid a GBX 10 ($0.13) dividend. This represents a yield of 4.31%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 3rd. This is a positive change from Personal Group’s previous dividend of $6.50. Personal Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 80.50%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price target on shares of Personal Group from GBX 209 ($2.78) to GBX 316 ($4.20) and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 25th.

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.