Personal Group (LON:PGH) Insider Acquires £1,175.04 in Stock

Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH) insider Maria Darby-Walker purchased 306 shares of Personal Group stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 384 per share, with a total value of £1,175.04.

Personal Group Stock Performance

Shares of PGH traded up GBX 11 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting GBX 386.50. 186,211 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 81,940. Personal Group Holdings Plc has a 1-year low of GBX 276 and a 1-year high of GBX 404. The firm has a market capitalization of £121.77 million, a PE ratio of 17.49 and a beta of 0.15. The business’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 331.95 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 327.64.

Personal Group (LON:PGH) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 24th. The company reported GBX 23.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Personal Group had a net margin of 15.06% and a return on equity of 20.34%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Personal Group Holdings Plc will post 19.0753425 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their price target on shares of Personal Group from GBX 416 to GBX 415 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, March 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 522.50.

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. 1.25 million UK employees.

The Group’s insurance provides employees with access to affordable, individual policies for hospital, recovery and death benefit plans. The Group’s award-winning benefits platform, Hapi, brings together extensive employee benefits, discounts and rewards, in one responsive platform.