PageGroup plc (LON:PAGE - Get Free Report)'s share price passed below its 50-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 324.96 ($4.21) and traded as low as GBX 318 ($4.12). PageGroup shares last traded at GBX 326.20 ($4.22), with a volume of 8,713,833 shares.
PageGroup Trading Down 2.3 %
The firm has a market cap of £998.34 million, a P/E ratio of 19.72, a P/E/G ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 40.35, a quick ratio of 1.77 and a current ratio of 1.60. The firm has a fifty day moving average of GBX 325.74 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 346.69.
PageGroup (LON:PAGE - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 9.10 ($0.12) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. PageGroup had a return on equity of 17.47% and a net margin of 2.71%. Equities research analysts forecast that PageGroup plc will post 23.5923567 earnings per share for the current year.
PageGroup Increases Dividend
The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of GBX 11.75 ($0.15) per share. This represents a yield of 3.44%. This is a positive change from PageGroup's previous dividend of $5.36. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. PageGroup's payout ratio is presently 105.21%.
Insider Buying and Selling at PageGroup
In related news, insider Nick Kirk sold 29,749 shares of PageGroup stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 336 ($4.35), for a total transaction of £99,956.64 ($129,376.96). 5.42% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
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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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