Pets at Home Group (LON:PETS) Shares Cross Below 200 Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Pets at Home Group Plc (LON:PETS) crossed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 288.62 ($3.63) and traded as low as GBX 207.40 ($2.61). Pets at Home Group shares last traded at GBX 211 ($2.66), with a volume of 447,074 shares.

Pets at Home Group Trading Down 1.4 %

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 firm has a market cap of £953.01 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,300.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.66 and a beta of 0.69. The business’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 260.38 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 287.40.

Pets at Home Group Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 5th will be issued a GBX 4.70 ($0.06) dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. This represents a yield of 1.7%. Pets at Home Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 8,125.00%.

Insider Transactions at Pets at Home Group

In related news, insider Lyssa McGowan purchased 42,294 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 28th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 236 ($2.97) per share, with a total value of £99,813.84 ($125,599.40). Insiders own 1.80% of the company’s stock.

About Pets at Home Group

Pets at Home Group Plc engages in the specialist omnichannel retailing of pet food, pet related products, and pet accessories in the United Kingdom. It operates through three segments: Retail, Vet Group, and Central. The company offers pet grooming services comprising a full dog groom, bath, microchipping, and nail clipping; and pet insurance products.