PageGroup (LON:PAGE) Stock Crosses Below 50-Day Moving Average – What’s Next?

PageGroup plc (LON:PAGE)’s share price passed below its 50-day moving average during trading on Wednesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 210.78 and traded as low as GBX 185. PageGroup shares last traded at GBX 203.60, with a volume of 1,935,017 shares changing hands.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price target on PageGroup from GBX 210 to GBX 355 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 9th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 205 price objective on shares of PageGroup in a report on Wednesday, October 14th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 286.67.

PageGroup Price Performance

The company’s fifty day moving average is GBX 210.78 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 163.55. The company has a quick ratio of 1.77, a current ratio of 1.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.32. The stock has a market cap of £620.55 million, a PE ratio of 48.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.03.

PageGroup (LON:PAGE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported GBX 1.20 earnings per share for the quarter. PageGroup had a net margin of 0.79% and a return on equity of 5.95%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that PageGroup plc will post 23.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About PageGroup

Michael Page Changes Lives…

That’s our Michael Page Purpose, delivered by c.6,000 people in 34 markets, with a gross profit of over £769.6m in 2025.

As a FTSE 250 company, a lot has changed since we were set up in 1976 and the Group continues to grow and evolve. What hasn’t changed is our commitment to the success of our clients and candidates, and our own people.

Our strategy is geared for the long-term. With world-renowned and fully integrated brands, highly trained and motivated consultants, established professional relationships and access to the best candidates, we use our established database and market-leading approach to data and innovation to pursue our objective of being the leading specialist recruitment consultancy in our chosen markets.