Karen Geary Buys 3,250 Shares of PageGroup plc (LON:PAGE) Stock

PageGroup plc (LON:PAGE) insider Karen Geary bought 3,250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 31st. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 357 ($4.63) per share, for a total transaction of £11,602.50 ($15,046.69).

PageGroup Stock Performance

PageGroup stock opened at GBX 364.80 ($4.73) on Friday. PageGroup plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 349 ($4.53) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 502.50 ($6.52). The stock has a market cap of £1.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,280.00, a PEG ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.11. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 375.88 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 414.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 40.35, a quick ratio of 1.77 and a current ratio of 1.60.

PageGroup Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 29th were given a dividend of GBX 5.36 ($0.07) per share. This represents a yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 29th. PageGroup’s dividend payout ratio is currently 10,625.00%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price objective on shares of PageGroup from GBX 480 ($6.22) to GBX 440 ($5.71) and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, July 16th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price target on PageGroup from GBX 600 ($7.78) to GBX 550 ($7.13) and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, July 9th.

PageGroup Company Profile

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.