Paula Constant Buys 6,958 Shares of Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH) Stock

Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH) insider Paula Constant bought 6,958 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, May 16th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 287 ($3.84) per share, for a total transaction of £19,969.46 ($26,743.62).

Personal Group Price Performance

LON PGH opened at GBX 285.40 ($3.82) on Wednesday. Personal Group Holdings Plc has a 52-week low of GBX 153.13 ($2.05) and a 52-week high of GBX 298 ($3.99). The firm has a market capitalization of £87.97 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.15 and a beta of 0.46. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 245.14 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 214.34.

Personal Group (LON:PGH) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 25th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.24) 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, analysts predict that Personal Group Holdings Plc will post 19.0753425 EPS for the current year.

Personal Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 14th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 3rd were issued 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 was Thursday, April 3rd. This represents a dividend yield of 4.31%. Personal Group’s payout ratio is presently 80.50%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group increased their target price on shares of Personal Group from GBX 209 ($2.80) to GBX 316 ($4.23) and gave the company 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.