PageGroup plc (LON:PAGE - Get Free Report) reached a new 52-week low during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as GBX 290 ($3.69) and last traded at GBX 293.60 ($3.74), with a volume of 144595 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 296.60 ($3.78).
PageGroup Price Performance
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 40.35, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 1.77. The company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 322.17 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 342.88. The company has a market capitalization of £807.82 million, a P/E ratio of 15.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.11.
PageGroup (LON:PAGE - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 9.10 ($0.12) EPS for the quarter. PageGroup had a return on equity of 17.47% and a net margin of 2.71%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that PageGroup plc will post 23.5923567 EPS for the current fiscal year.
PageGroup Increases Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, May 15th will be issued a GBX 11.75 ($0.15) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 3.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 15th. This is a boost from PageGroup's previous dividend of $5.36. PageGroup's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 105.21%.
Insider Activity at PageGroup
In related news, insider Nick Kirk sold 29,749 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 336 ($4.28), for a total value of £99,956.64 ($127,236.05). 5.42% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
About PageGroup
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PageGroup Changes Lives…
That's our PageGroup Purpose, delivered by c. 8,500 people in 37 countries, with a gross profit of over £1,076.3mm in 2022. Our four core PageGroup brands are supported by specialised recruitment teams operating across 25 disciplines.
As a FTSE 250 company, a lot has changed since we were set up in 1976 and the Group continues to grow and evolve.
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