Mony Group (MONY) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Mony Group Plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides price comparison and lead generation services through its websites in the United Kingdom. The company operates through Insurance, Money, Home Services, Travel, and Cashback segments. It offers MoneySuperMarket, a price comparison site, which provides online and app-based tools to help people save money on their household bills; MoneySavingExpert, a consumer finance website; Quidco, a cashback site; TravelSupermarket for comparing prices on a range of holiday options, including package holidays and hotels, low-cost and charter airlines, and car hire providers; icelolly.com, a holiday comparison and deals site; and Decision Tech, a price comparison platform. The company was formerly known as Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC and changed its name to Mony Group Plc in May 2024. Mony Group Plc was founded in 1993 and is based in Chester, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 189.40 to 198.50
• 50-Day Range: 183 to 215.60
• 52-Week Range: 182.91 to 288.80
• Volume: 550,998 shs
• Average Volume: 1.24 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.03 billion
• P/E Ratio: 1,362.86
• Dividend Yield: 6.29%
• Price Target: GBX 295
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Mony Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Mony Group scored higher than 46% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Mony Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Mony Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Mony Group is 1,362.86, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 112.10.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Mony Group is 1,362.86, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 311.52.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Mony Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.20. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Mony Group has a P/B Ratio of 4.65. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for MONY.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Mony Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.77%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Mony Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Mony Group is 8,571.43%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for MONY.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for MONY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -60% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Mony Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Mony Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £20,286.99 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 9.15% of the stock of Mony Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

85.82% of the stock of Mony Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

MONY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have MONY shares performed this year?

Mony Group's stock was trading at GBX 280.20 at the start of the year. Since then, MONY shares have decreased by 31.9% and is now trading at GBX 190.80.
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How were Mony Group's earnings last quarter?

Mony Group Plc (LON:MONY) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 20th. The company reported $18.20 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $18.20. Mony Group had a net margin of 17.25% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 34.73%.

How do I buy shares of Mony Group?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Mony Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Mony Group investors own include Associated British Foods (ABF), Bank of America (BAC), Intelsat (I), HSBC (HSBA), Chaarat Gold (CGH), AMC Entertainment (AMC) and easyJet (EZJ).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/20/2020
• Ex-Dividend for 9/9 Dividend: 8/01/2024
• Dividend Payable: 9/09/2024
• Today: 11/17/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Internet Content & Information
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:MONY
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: corporate.moneysupermarket.com
• Phone: +44-1244-665700
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 733
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 295
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 295
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 295
• Potential Upside/Downside: +54.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.14
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 1,362.86
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.98
• P/E Growth: 1.2
• Net Income: £76.20 million
• Net Margins: 17.25%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 34.73%
• Return on Assets: 15.18%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 32.05
• Current Ratio: 0.82
• Quick Ratio: 0.71

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £441.80 million
• Price / Sales: 2.32
• Cash Flow: GBX 5.35 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 35.68
• Book Value: GBX 41 per share
• Price / Book: 4.65

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 537,400,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.03 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.67