Personal Group (LON:PGH) Posts Earnings Results

Personal Group (LON:PGH) announced its earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.23) EPS for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Personal Group had a return on equity of 14.40% and a net margin of 13.49%.

Personal Group Price Performance

LON PGH opened at GBX 247.92 ($3.19) on Thursday. Personal Group has a one year low of GBX 152 ($1.96) and a one year high of GBX 248 ($3.19). The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 206.25 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 193.22. The stock has a market capitalization of £76.42 million, a P/E ratio of 16.63 and a beta of 0.46.

Personal Group Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced 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 is a positive change from Personal Group’s previous dividend of $6.50. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 3rd. This represents a dividend yield of 4.31%. Personal Group’s dividend payout ratio is presently 80.50%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group upped their price objective on shares of Personal Group from GBX 209 ($2.69) to GBX 316 ($4.07) and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday.

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.