Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH) Raises Dividend to GBX 10 Per Share

Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH) announced a dividend on Tuesday, March 25th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, April 3rd will be paid a dividend of GBX 10 ($0.13) per share on Wednesday, May 14th. This represents a yield of 4.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 3rd. This is a 53.8% increase from Personal Group’s previous dividend of $6.50. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

Personal Group Stock Performance

PGH traded up GBX 3.80 ($0.05) during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting GBX 235.80 ($3.05). The stock had a trading volume of 196,678 shares, compared to its average volume of 30,145. The company has a market cap of £72.68 million, a P/E ratio of 15.82 and a beta of 0.46. Personal Group has a 1 year low of GBX 152 ($1.97) and a 1 year high of GBX 239.80 ($3.10). The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 205.29 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 192.69.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group increased their target price on Personal Group from GBX 209 ($2.71) to GBX 316 ($4.09) and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday.

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.