Lyssa McGowan Purchases 42,294 Shares of Pets at Home Group Plc (LON:PETS) Stock

Pets at Home Group Plc (LON:PETS) insider Lyssa McGowan acquired 42,294 shares of Pets at Home Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 28th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 236 ($3.00) per share, for a total transaction of £99,813.84 ($126,699.47).

Pets at Home Group Stock Performance

Shares of PETS opened at GBX 238.12 ($3.02) on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of GBX 295.32 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 298.15. The company has a market cap of £1.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,455.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.66 and a beta of 0.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.13, a quick ratio of 0.57 and a current ratio of 0.63. Pets at Home Group Plc has a 1 year low of GBX 228.32 ($2.90) and a 1 year high of GBX 328 ($4.16).

Pets at Home Group Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 5th will be issued a dividend of GBX 4.70 ($0.06) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.7%. Pets at Home Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 8,125.00%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 350 ($4.44) price objective on shares of Pets at Home Group in a research report on Thursday, August 1st.

About Pets at Home Group

Pets at Home Group Plc engages in the specialist omnichannel retailing of pet food, pet related products, and pet accessories in the United Kingdom. It operates through three segments: Retail, Vet Group, and Central. The company offers pet grooming services comprising a full dog groom, bath, microchipping, and nail clipping; and pet insurance products.