Personal Group (LON:PGH) Hits New 1-Year High – What’s Next?

Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high on Monday . The company traded as high as GBX 258 ($3.34) and last traded at GBX 255.50 ($3.30), with a volume of 90783 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 252 ($3.26).

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price objective on shares of Personal Group from GBX 209 ($2.70) to GBX 316 ($4.09) and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 25th.

Personal Group Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of £78.76 million, a P/E ratio of 17.14 and a beta of 0.46. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 208.80 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 194.36.

Personal Group (LON:PGH) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 25th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.23) EPS for the quarter. Personal Group had a net margin of 13.49% and a return on equity of 14.40%. As a group, analysts forecast that Personal Group Holdings Plc will post 19.0753425 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Personal Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 14th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 3rd will be given a GBX 10 ($0.13) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 4.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 3rd. This is an increase from Personal Group’s previous dividend of $6.50. Personal Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 80.50%.

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.