Personal Group (LON:PGH) Sets New 52-Week High – Still a Buy?

Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading 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 traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 252 ($3.26).

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

Personal Group Trading Down 3.8 %

The stock has a market capitalization of £76.52 million, a PE ratio of 16.65 and a beta of 0.46. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 211.74 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 195.57.

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

Personal Group Increases Dividend

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

About Personal Group

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.