Moneysupermarket.com Group (LON:MONY) Hits New 1-Year Low at $212.00

Shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC (LON:MONY) hit a new 52-week low during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as GBX 212 ($2.64) and last traded at GBX 217.80 ($2.71), with a volume of 771728 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 220.40 ($2.74).

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have commented on MONY shares. Berenberg Bank upgraded shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the stock from GBX 290 ($3.61) to GBX 295 ($3.67) in a report on Wednesday, February 21st. Barclays decreased their price target on shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group from GBX 305 ($3.80) to GBX 295 ($3.67) and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 20th. Finally, Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group in a research note on Monday, February 19th.

Moneysupermarket.com Group Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 26.49, a current ratio of 0.78 and a quick ratio of 0.71. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 235.85 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 254.60. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 1,695.38, a PEG ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.70.

Moneysupermarket.com Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 28th will be given a dividend of GBX 8.90 ($0.11) per share. This represents a yield of 3.54%. This is a boost from Moneysupermarket.com Group’s previous dividend of $3.20. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 28th. Moneysupermarket.com Group’s payout ratio is 9,230.77%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Moneysupermarket.com Group news, insider Peter Duffy sold 14,327 shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 220 ($2.74), for a total transaction of £31,519.40 ($39,237.40). Insiders purchased a total of 193 shares of company stock valued at $45,198 over the last ninety days. 8.27% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Moneysupermarket.com Group

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides price comparison and lead generation services through its websites in the United Kingdom. The company operates through Insurance, Money, Home Services, Travel, and Cashback segments. It offers MoneySuperMarket, a price comparison site, which provides online and app-based tools to help people save money on their household bills; MoneySavingExpert, a consumer finance website; Quidco, a cashback site; TravelSupermarket for comparing prices on a range of holiday options, including package holidays and hotels, low-cost and charter airlines, and car hire providers; icelolly.com, a holiday comparison and deals site; and Decision Tech, a price comparison platform.