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

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC (LON:MONY) insider Peter Duffy purchased 65 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 7th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 230 ($2.89) per share, with a total value of £149.50 ($187.81).

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

• On Friday, April 5th, Peter Duffy bought 70 shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group stock. The stock was bought 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 stock was 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 acquired 62 shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 240 ($3.02) per share, with a total value of £148.80 ($186.93).

Moneysupermarket.com Group Price Performance

MONY opened at GBX 230.20 ($2.89) on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of £1.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,644.29, a PEG ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.69. The company has a current ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 26.49. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 226.16 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 251.13. 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).

Moneysupermarket.com Group Increases Dividend

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have weighed in on MONY. Barclays decreased their target price on shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group from GBX 305 ($3.83) to GBX 295 ($3.71) and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 20th. Shore Capital reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group in a research note on Monday, February 19th. Finally, Berenberg Bank reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 295 ($3.71) target price on shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group in a report on Tuesday, April 16th.

About Moneysupermarket.com Group

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.