H&T Group (LON:HAT) Stock Crosses Below 200 Day Moving Average of $412.55

H&T Group plc (LON:HAT) shares passed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 412.55 ($5.10) and traded as low as GBX 398 ($4.92). H&T Group shares last traded at GBX 411 ($5.08), with a volume of 50,063 shares changing hands.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Shore Capital reissued a “house stock” rating on shares of H&T Group in a report on Tuesday, March 12th.

H&T Group Stock Up 0.2 %

The stock has a market capitalization of £181.23 million, a PE ratio of 856.25 and a beta of 0.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.63, a current ratio of 14.66 and a quick ratio of 4.55. The business’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 375.93 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 412.55.

H&T Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 30th will be issued a dividend of GBX 10.50 ($0.13) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 30th. This is a positive change from H&T Group’s previous dividend of $6.50. This represents a dividend yield of 3.09%. H&T Group’s payout ratio is 3,541.67%.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Simon Walker acquired 5,035 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 15th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 397 ($4.90) per share, with a total value of £19,988.95 ($24,689.91). Corporate insiders own 7.99% of the company’s stock.

About H&T Group

H&T Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, primarily provides pawnbroking services in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates through seven segments: Pawnbroking, Gold Purchasing, Retail, Pawnbroking Scrap, Personal Loans, Foreign Exchange, and Other Services. The company offers personal loans; and gold purchasing, cheque cashing, unsecured lending, buyback, foreign exchange currency, and money wire transfer services, as well as engages in the retail of new and pre-owned jewelry and watches.