Maria Darby-Walker Acquires 2,242 Shares of Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH) Stock

Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH) insider Maria Darby-Walker bought 2,242 shares of Personal Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 7th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 223 ($2.85) per share, with a total value of £4,999.66 ($6,388.53).

Personal Group Price Performance

LON:PGH opened at GBX 240 ($3.07) on Wednesday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 218.01 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 198.52. Personal Group Holdings Plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 152 ($1.94) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 261.24 ($3.34). The stock has a market cap of £73.98 million, a PE ratio of 16.10 and a beta of 0.46.

Personal Group (LON:PGH) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March 25th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.23) earnings per share for the quarter. Personal Group had a return on equity of 14.40% and a net margin of 13.49%. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Personal Group Holdings Plc will post 19.0753425 earnings per share for the current year.

Personal Group Increases Dividend

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their price target on Personal Group from GBX 209 ($2.67) to GBX 316 ($4.04) and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 25th.

Personal Group Company Profile

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.