Insider Buying: XPS Pensions Group plc (LON:XPS) Insider Buys 13,033 Shares of Stock

XPS Pensions Group plc (LON:XPS) insider Alan Bannatyne purchased 13,033 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 21st. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 349 ($4.38) per share, with a total value of £45,485.17 ($57,020.40).

XPS Pensions Group Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of XPS Pensions Group stock opened at GBX 358 ($4.49) on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 330.14 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 306.23. The stock has a market cap of £740.20 million, a PE ratio of 1,432.00 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a current ratio of 1.27, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 17.51. XPS Pensions Group plc has a 12-month low of GBX 194.65 ($2.44) and a 12-month high of GBX 377 ($4.73).

XPS Pensions Group Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 9th will be issued a dividend of GBX 3.70 ($0.05) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 9th. This represents a yield of 1.03%. XPS Pensions Group’s dividend payout ratio is presently 4,000.00%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have issued reports on XPS shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 435 ($5.45) target price on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research report on Friday. Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 401 ($5.03) price objective on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Thursday. Finally, Shore Capital reissued a “hold” rating on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Thursday. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 356.50 ($4.47).

XPS Pensions Group Company Profile

XPS Pensions Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides employee benefit consultancy and related business services in the United Kingdom. It offers pension advisory; independent consultancy; DB master trust schemes; and self-invested personal pension (SIPP) and SSAS pension services. The company also provides pension administer services, such as payroll, scheme administration, outsourcing, payroll, scheme accounting, and scam identification and protection services, as well as member communication, de-risking projects, GMP equalization, data audits and cleansing, and trustee secretarial services.