Pets at Home Group (LON:PETS) Shares Cross Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Pets at Home Group Plc (LON:PETS)’s stock price passed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 276.75 ($3.41) and traded as low as GBX 205.60 ($2.53). Pets at Home Group shares last traded at GBX 210.60 ($2.60), with a volume of 1,284,923 shares trading hands.

Pets at Home Group Stock Performance

The company has a market capitalization of £970.43 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,323.75, a PEG ratio of 2.66 and a beta of 0.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.13, a current ratio of 0.63 and a quick ratio of 0.57. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 229.53 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 276.75.

Pets at Home Group (LON:PETS) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 27th. The company reported GBX 8.40 ($0.10) earnings per share for the quarter. Pets at Home Group had a return on equity of 7.87% and a net margin of 5.36%. As a group, analysts anticipate that Pets at Home Group Plc will post 22.67844 earnings per share for the current year.

Pets at Home Group Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 5th were given a GBX 4.70 ($0.06) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 5th. Pets at Home Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 8,125.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Pets at Home Group

In other news, insider Lyssa McGowan acquired 42,294 shares of Pets at Home Group stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 28th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 236 ($2.91) per share, for a total transaction of £99,813.84 ($123,059.84). 1.80% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Pets at Home Group

We are the UK’s leading pet care business, providing pet owners with everything they need to be able to look after their pet – from food, toys and bedding, and grooming services, right the way through to first opinion veterinary care.

Our stores represent a unique environment and provide a practical, fun and unique experience for pet owners.