Paragon Banking Group PLC (LON:PAG) Insider Richard Woodman Purchases 2,193 Shares

Paragon Banking Group PLC (LON:PAG - Get Free Report) insider Richard Woodman bought 2,193 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 31st. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 746 ($9.62) per share, with a total value of £16,359.78 ($21,095.78).

Richard Woodman also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, March 28th, Richard Woodman sold 21,497 shares of Paragon Banking Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 778 ($10.03), for a total value of £167,246.66 ($215,663.00).
• On Thursday, January 30th, Richard Woodman sold 259,904 shares of Paragon Banking Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 765 ($9.86), for a total value of £1,988,265.60 ($2,563,849.90).

Paragon Banking Group Stock Performance

Shares of PAG stock traded down GBX 53.50 ($0.69) on Friday, hitting GBX 686.50 ($8.85). The stock had a trading volume of 19,436,660 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,099,399. The stock's 50 day moving average is GBX 757.91 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 747.16. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.41, a P/E/G ratio of 0.50 and a beta of 1.52. Paragon Banking Group PLC has a 52-week low of GBX 656 ($8.46) and a 52-week high of GBX 868 ($11.19).

Paragon Banking Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 6th were paid a GBX 27.20 ($0.35) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 3.64%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 6th. This is a positive change from Paragon Banking Group's previous dividend of $13.20. Paragon Banking Group's dividend payout ratio is 43.17%.

About Paragon Banking Group

Paragon is a specialist banking group. It offers a range of savings accounts and provide finance for landlords and small and medium-sized businesses (‘SMEs') and residential property developers in the UK. Founded in 1985 and listed on the London Stock Exchange, it is a FTSE-250 company. Headquartered in Solihull, it employs more than 1,400 people.