XPS Pensions Group plc Declares Dividend of GBX 3.70 (LON:XPS)

XPS Pensions Group plc (LON:XPS) declared a dividend on Thursday, November 21st,Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 9th will be paid a dividend of GBX 3.70 ($0.05) per share on Friday, February 7th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.03%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 9th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

XPS Pensions Group Stock Performance

Shares of LON XPS opened at GBX 350 ($4.43) on Thursday. XPS Pensions Group has a 12-month low of GBX 194.65 ($2.46) and a 12-month high of GBX 377 ($4.77). The firm has a market capitalization of £723.66 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,432.00 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a current ratio of 1.27, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 17.51. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 327.54 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 304.76.

Insider Buying and Selling at XPS Pensions Group

In related news, insider Snehal Shah sold 66,830 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 335 ($4.24), for a total transaction of £223,880.50 ($283,285.46). 5.14% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

XPS has been the subject of several analyst reports. Shore Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 332 ($4.20) price objective on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th.

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.