Paragon Banking Group PLC (LON:PAG - Get Free Report) insider Richard Woodman sold 21,497 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 778 ($10.07), for a total value of £167,246.66 ($216,472.51).
Richard Woodman also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Thursday, January 30th, Richard Woodman sold 259,904 shares of Paragon Banking Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 765 ($9.90), for a total transaction of £1,988,265.60 ($2,573,473.47).
Paragon Banking Group Trading Down 0.6 %
Paragon Banking Group stock opened at GBX 773 ($10.01) on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 759.62 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 747.91. The stock has a market cap of £1.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.50 and a beta of 1.52. Paragon Banking Group PLC has a 52 week low of GBX 656 ($8.49) and a 52 week high of GBX 868 ($11.23).
Paragon Banking Group Increases Dividend
The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 6th were given a GBX 27.20 ($0.35) dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 6th. This represents a dividend yield of 3.64%. This is an increase from Paragon Banking Group's previous dividend of $13.20. Paragon Banking Group's payout ratio is presently 43.17%.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Separately, Shore Capital reissued a "buy" rating on shares of Paragon Banking Group in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th.
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About Paragon Banking Group
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Paragon is a specialist banking group. It offers a range of savings accounts and provide finance for landlords and small
and medium-sized businesses (‘SMEs') and residential property developers in the UK. Founded in 1985 and listed on the
London Stock Exchange, it is a FTSE-250 company. Headquartered in Solihull, it employs more than 1,400 people.
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