PageGroup (LON:PAGE) Stock Crosses Below Fifty Day Moving Average of $454.63

PageGroup plc (LON:PAGE)’s stock price crossed below its fifty day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 454.63 ($5.66) and traded as low as GBX 433.40 ($5.40). PageGroup shares last traded at GBX 438 ($5.45), with a volume of 708,678 shares trading hands.

PageGroup Stock Up 0.3 %

The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 454.63 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 446.27. The firm has a market cap of £1.45 billion, a PE ratio of 1,368.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.20, a current ratio of 1.64 and a quick ratio of 1.77.

PageGroup Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, May 16th will be issued a GBX 11.24 ($0.14) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 16th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.46%. PageGroup’s payout ratio is 5,000.00%.

Insider Activity at PageGroup

In related news, insider Nick Kirk sold 36,019 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 448 ($5.58), for a total value of £161,365.12 ($200,877.78). 4.72% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About PageGroup

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.