Personal Group (LON:PGH) Announces Earnings Results

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

Personal Group Price Performance

LON PGH opened at GBX 247.92 ($3.19) on Thursday. The company has a market cap of £76.42 million, a P/E ratio of 16.63 and a beta of 0.46. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 206.25 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 193.22. Personal Group has a 1-year low of GBX 152 ($1.96) and a 1-year high of GBX 248 ($3.19).

Personal Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 3rd will be paid 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 is Thursday, April 3rd. This represents a yield of 4.31%. Personal Group’s dividend payout ratio is presently 80.50%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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