PageGroup’s (PAGE) “Hold” Rating Reiterated at Jefferies Financial Group

Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed their hold rating on shares of PageGroup (LON:PAGE) in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Jefferies Financial Group currently has a GBX 145 price objective on the stock.

PageGroup Stock Performance

Shares of LON:PAGE opened at GBX 137.35 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 161.04 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 204.96. PageGroup has a fifty-two week low of GBX 124.10 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 295.20. The stock has a market capitalization of £430.37 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 61.62, a current ratio of 1.47 and a quick ratio of 1.77.

PageGroup (LON:PAGE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 5th. The company reported GBX 2.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. PageGroup had a return on equity of 4.18% and a net margin of 0.56%. As a group, analysts predict that PageGroup will post 23.5923567 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Nick Kirk sold 55,575 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 146, for a total transaction of £81,139.50. Also, insider Ben Stevens purchased 71,583 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 5th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 140 per share, with a total value of £100,216.20. Insiders sold 117,579 shares of company stock worth $17,142,756 in the last quarter. 1.10% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

PageGroup Company Profile

PageGroup Changes Lives…

That’s our PageGroup Purpose, delivered by c.7,300 people in 36 countries, with a gross profit of over £842.6m in 2024. Our four core ?PageGroup brands?are supported by specialised recruitment teams operating across 25 disciplines.

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.

PageGroup’s strategy is geared for the long-term.