PageGroup plc (LON:PAGE - Get Free Report) shares crossed below its 50 day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 308.93 ($4.09) and traded as low as GBX 248.20 ($3.29). PageGroup shares last traded at GBX 255.20 ($3.38), with a volume of 789,428 shares changing hands.
PageGroup Stock Performance
The company has a market capitalization of £789.02 million, a PE ratio of 15.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 1.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 40.35. The business's fifty day moving average is GBX 303.19 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 331.58.
PageGroup (LON:PAGE - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results 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%. Equities research analysts predict that PageGroup plc will post 23.5923567 earnings per share for the current year.
PageGroup Increases Dividend
The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be given a GBX 11.75 ($0.16) dividend. This is a positive change from PageGroup's previous dividend of $5.36. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 15th. This represents a yield of 3.44%. PageGroup's payout ratio is 105.21%.
Insider Activity
In other news, insider Nick Kirk sold 29,749 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 336 ($4.45), for a total transaction of £99,956.64 ($132,445.53). Insiders own 5.42% of the company's stock.
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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