PageGroup (LON:PAGE) Stock Passes Below 50-Day Moving Average of $453.41

PageGroup plc (LON:PAGE)’s stock price crossed below its 50-day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 453.41 ($5.70) and traded as low as GBX 444.20 ($5.58). PageGroup shares last traded at GBX 444.60 ($5.58), with a volume of 148,871 shares changing hands.

PageGroup Trading Up 0.8 %

The stock has a market capitalization of £1.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,852.50, a PEG ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.20, a quick ratio of 1.77 and a current ratio of 1.64. The company’s 50 day moving average is GBX 453.41 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 448.27.

PageGroup Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 21st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 16th will be issued a GBX 11.24 ($0.14) dividend. This represents a yield of 2.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 16th. PageGroup’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 6,666.67%.

Insider Buying and Selling at PageGroup

In other PageGroup news, insider Nick Kirk sold 36,019 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 448 ($5.63), for a total value of £161,365.12 ($202,694.54). Insiders own 5.42% of the company’s stock.

PageGroup Company Profile

PageGroup plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides recruitment consultancy and other ancillary services in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and the Americas. It offers executive search services, such as search, selection, and talent management solutions for organizations on a permanent and interim basis under the Page Executive brand; recruitment services for qualified professional on permanent, temporary, and contract or interim basis under the Michael Page brand; recruitment services to organizations requiring permanent employees and temporary or contract staff at technical and administrative support, professional clerical, and junior management levels under the Page Personnel brand; and flexible recruitment outsourcing services under the Page Outsourcing brand.