PageGroup (LON:PAGE) Reaches New 1-Year Low – Here’s What Happened

PageGroup plc (LON:PAGE) shares hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Monday . The stock traded as low as GBX 292 ($3.56) and last traded at GBX 298.60 ($3.65), with a volume of 1189171 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 310.60 ($3.79).

PageGroup Trading Down 3.6 %

The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 352.13 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 379.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 40.35, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 1.77. The company has a market cap of £985.09 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,871.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.11.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Karen Geary acquired 3,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 31st. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 357 ($4.36) per share, for a total transaction of £11,602.50 ($14,164.94). 5.42% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About PageGroup

PageGroup plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides recruitment consultancy and other ancillary services in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and the Americas. It offers executive search services, such as search, selection, and talent management solutions for organizations on a permanent and interim basis under the Page Executive brand; recruitment services for qualified professional on permanent, temporary, and contract or interim basis under the Michael Page brand; recruitment services to organizations requiring permanent employees and temporary or contract staff at technical and administrative support, professional clerical, and junior management levels under the Page Personnel brand; and flexible recruitment outsourcing services under the Page Outsourcing brand.