Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH) Raises Dividend to GBX 10 Per Share

Personal Group Holdings Plc (LON:PGH - Get Free Report) announced a dividend on Tuesday, March 25th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 3rd will be given a dividend of GBX 10 ($0.13) per share on Wednesday, May 14th. This represents a dividend yield of 4.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 3rd. This is a 53.8% increase from Personal Group's previous dividend of $6.50. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

Personal Group Stock Performance

Shares of LON PGH traded up GBX 6 ($0.08) during trading hours on Friday, hitting GBX 252 ($3.26). The stock had a trading volume of 232,754 shares, compared to its average volume of 32,516. The firm's 50-day moving average price is GBX 208.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 194.36. Personal Group has a 52 week low of GBX 152 ($1.97) and a 52 week high of GBX 254.80 ($3.30). The company has a market capitalization of £77.68 million, a P/E ratio of 16.91 and a beta of 0.46.

Personal Group (LON:PGH - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 25th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.23) EPS for the quarter. Personal Group had a net margin of 13.49% and a return on equity of 14.40%. As a group, analysts expect that Personal Group will post 19.0753425 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price objective on Personal Group from GBX 209 ($2.71) to GBX 316 ($4.09) and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 25th.

About Personal Group

Personal Group Holdings Plc AIM: PGH is a workforce benefits and health insurance provider. Its vision is to be the champion of affordable and accessible insurance and benefits, keeping businesses and their employees happy, healthy and protected. The Group is proud to support the health and wellbeing of c.