Insider Buying: XPS Pensions Group plc (LON:XPS) Insider Purchases 13,033 Shares of Stock

XPS Pensions Group plc (LON:XPS) insider Alan Bannatyne purchased 13,033 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 21st. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 349 ($4.39) per share, with a total value of £45,485.17 ($57,264.47).

XPS Pensions Group Price Performance

LON XPS opened at GBX 357 ($4.49) on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.51, a current ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 17.51. The stock has a market capitalization of £738.13 million, a PE ratio of 1,428.00 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 328.88 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 305.50. XPS Pensions Group plc has a 12-month low of GBX 194.65 ($2.45) and a 12-month high of GBX 377 ($4.75).

XPS Pensions Group Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 9th will be paid a GBX 3.70 ($0.05) dividend. This represents a yield of 1.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 9th. XPS Pensions Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 4,000.00%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently commented on XPS shares. Shore Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Thursday. Canaccord Genuity Group restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 401 ($5.05) price target on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Thursday.

XPS Pensions Group Company Profile

XPS Pensions Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides employee benefit consultancy and related business services in the United Kingdom. It offers pension advisory; independent consultancy; DB master trust schemes; and self-invested personal pension (SIPP) and SSAS pension services. The company also provides pension administer services, such as payroll, scheme administration, outsourcing, payroll, scheme accounting, and scam identification and protection services, as well as member communication, de-risking projects, GMP equalization, data audits and cleansing, and trustee secretarial services.