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

XPS Pensions Group plc (LON:XPS) insider Alan Bannatyne bought 13,033 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 21st. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 349 ($4.42) per share, with a total value of £45,485.17 ($57,554.31).

XPS Pensions Group Price Performance

XPS traded down GBX 0.68 ($0.01) during midday trading on Thursday, reaching GBX 357.32 ($4.52). 1,277,575 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 912,015. XPS Pensions Group plc has a 1-year low of GBX 194.65 ($2.46) and a 1-year high of GBX 377 ($4.77). The business’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 327.54 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 304.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 17.51, a current ratio of 1.27 and a quick ratio of 1.51. The stock has a market capitalization of £738.79 million, a PE ratio of 1,432.00 and a beta of 0.57.

XPS Pensions Group Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 9th will be given a GBX 3.70 ($0.05) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 1.03%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 9th. XPS Pensions Group’s payout ratio is currently 4,000.00%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently commented on the stock. Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 401 ($5.07) price objective on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Thursday. Shore Capital reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Thursday.

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.