PageGroup (LON:PAGE) Trading Down 4.1% - Here's What Happened

Shares of PageGroup plc (LON:PAGE - Get Free Report) fell 4.1% on Thursday . The stock traded as low as GBX 359.80 ($4.54) and last traded at GBX 359.80 ($4.54). 327,828 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 55% from the average session volume of 729,280 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 375.20 ($4.74).

PageGroup Stock Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of £1.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,243.75, a price-to-earnings-growth 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 stock's fifty day moving average is GBX 364.09 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 395.27.

Insider Activity

In other PageGroup news, insider Karen Geary bought 3,250 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 31st. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 357 ($4.51) per share, with a total value of £11,602.50 ($14,644.07). Insiders own 5.42% of the company's stock.

About PageGroup

PageGroup plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides recruitment consultancy and other ancillary services in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and the Americas. It offers executive search services, such as search, selection, and talent management solutions for organizations on a permanent and interim basis under the Page Executive brand; recruitment services for qualified professional on permanent, temporary, and contract or interim basis under the Michael Page brand; recruitment services to organizations requiring permanent employees and temporary or contract staff at technical and administrative support, professional clerical, and junior management levels under the Page Personnel brand; and flexible recruitment outsourcing services under the Page Outsourcing brand.