Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC (LON:MONY) Insider Peter Duffy Purchases 65 Shares

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC (LON:MONY) insider Peter Duffy acquired 65 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 7th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 230 ($2.89) per share, for a total transaction of £149.50 ($187.81).

Peter Duffy also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, April 5th, Peter Duffy acquired 70 shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 217 ($2.73) per share, with a total value of £151.90 ($190.83).
• On Wednesday, April 3rd, Peter Duffy sold 14,327 shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 220 ($2.76), for a total value of £31,519.40 ($39,597.24).
• On Wednesday, March 6th, Peter Duffy purchased 62 shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 240 ($3.02) per share, for a total transaction of £148.80 ($186.93).

Moneysupermarket.com Group Price Performance

Moneysupermarket.com Group stock traded down GBX 2.20 ($0.03) during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching GBX 230.20 ($2.89). 767,044 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,656,076. Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC has a 12-month low of GBX 207.60 ($2.61) and a 12-month high of GBX 288.80 ($3.63). The company has a quick ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 0.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 26.49. The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 226.53 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 251.28. The company has a market cap of £1.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,672.86, a PEG ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.69.

Moneysupermarket.com Group Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 28th will be issued a GBX 8.90 ($0.11) dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 28th. This is an increase from Moneysupermarket.com Group’s previous dividend of $3.20. This represents a dividend yield of 3.54%. Moneysupermarket.com Group’s payout ratio is 8,571.43%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have issued reports on MONY. Berenberg Bank reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 295 ($3.71) price target on shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group in a research note on Tuesday, April 16th. Shore Capital restated a “buy” rating on shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group in a research report on Monday, February 19th. Finally, Barclays dropped their price target on Moneysupermarket.com Group from GBX 305 ($3.83) to GBX 295 ($3.71) and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 20th.

Moneysupermarket.com Group Company Profile

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides price comparison and lead generation services through its websites in the United Kingdom. The company operates through Insurance, Money, Home Services, Travel, and Cashback segments. It offers MoneySuperMarket, a price comparison site, which provides online and app-based tools to help people save money on their household bills; MoneySavingExpert, a consumer finance website; Quidco, a cashback site; TravelSupermarket for comparing prices on a range of holiday options, including package holidays and hotels, low-cost and charter airlines, and car hire providers; icelolly.com, a holiday comparison and deals site; and Decision Tech, a price comparison platform.