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Pennon Group (LON:PNN) Stock Price Down 24.7% - Here's What Happened

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Pennon Group Plc (LON:PNN - Get Free Report)'s stock price traded down 24.7% on Monday . The stock traded as low as GBX 422.60 ($5.26) and last traded at GBX 441.60 ($5.49). 1,586,476 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 54% from the average session volume of 3,437,110 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 586.26 ($7.29).

Pennon Group Price Performance

The business's fifty day moving average price is GBX 560.77 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 579.64. The stock has a market cap of £1.30 billion, a P/E ratio of -11,330.00, a PEG ratio of 8.20 and a beta of 0.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 343.14, a current ratio of 0.97 and a quick ratio of 1.54.

Pennon Group (LON:PNN - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, November 27th. The company reported GBX (6.60) (($0.08)) earnings per share for the quarter. Pennon Group had a negative net margin of 1.05% and a negative return on equity of 0.74%. Sell-side analysts forecast that Pennon Group Plc will post 1.0402417 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Pennon Group Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 30th will be given a GBX 14.69 ($0.18) dividend. This represents a yield of 2.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 30th. Pennon Group's payout ratio is currently -152,500.00%.

About Pennon Group

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At the top end of the FTSE250, Pennon is an infrastructure group, focused on the UK water market is one of only three listed water companies in the UK. Operating in a stable regulatory environment with a positive outlook, we are focused on long-term sustainable growth, through disciplined capital allocation, organic and acquisitive.

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