Rakesh Sharma Buys 9,202 Shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC (LON:MONY) Stock

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC (LON:MONY) insider Rakesh Sharma bought 9,202 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, April 29th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 217 ($2.73) per share, for a total transaction of £19,968.34 ($25,082.70).

Moneysupermarket.com Group Stock Up 1.4 %

Shares of LON:MONY opened at GBX 218.40 ($2.74) on Thursday. Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC has a 52-week low of GBX 207.60 ($2.61) and a 52-week high of GBX 288.80 ($3.63). The firm has a market capitalization of £1.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 1,680.00, a P/E/G ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 26.49, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a current ratio of 0.78. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 228.03 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 252.21.

Moneysupermarket.com Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 28th will be issued a dividend of GBX 8.90 ($0.11) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 28th. This is an increase from Moneysupermarket.com Group’s previous dividend of $3.20. This represents a dividend yield of 3.54%. Moneysupermarket.com Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 9,230.77%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have commented on MONY shares. Shore Capital reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group in a research note on Monday, February 19th. Barclays cut their target price on shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group from GBX 305 ($3.83) to GBX 295 ($3.71) and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 20th. Finally, Berenberg Bank restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 295 ($3.71) price target on shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group in a research report on Tuesday, April 16th.

About Moneysupermarket.com Group

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides price comparison and lead generation services through its websites in the United Kingdom. The company operates through Insurance, Money, Home Services, Travel, and Cashback segments. It offers MoneySuperMarket, a price comparison site, which provides online and app-based tools to help people save money on their household bills; MoneySavingExpert, a consumer finance website; Quidco, a cashback site; TravelSupermarket for comparing prices on a range of holiday options, including package holidays and hotels, low-cost and charter airlines, and car hire providers; icelolly.com, a holiday comparison and deals site; and Decision Tech, a price comparison platform.