Moneysupermarket.com Group (LON:MONY) Given “Buy” Rating at Berenberg Bank

Berenberg Bank reaffirmed their buy rating on shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group (LON:MONY) in a research report sent to investors on Tuesday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. They currently have a GBX 295 ($3.67) target price on the stock.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Barclays dropped their price target on Moneysupermarket.com Group from GBX 305 ($3.80) to GBX 295 ($3.67) and set an overweight rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 20th. Shore Capital restated a buy rating on shares of Moneysupermarket.com Group in a research note on Monday, February 19th.

Moneysupermarket.com Group Stock Down 1.1 %

Shares of MONY stock opened at GBX 211.60 ($2.63) on Tuesday. Moneysupermarket.com Group has a 1-year low of GBX 207.60 ($2.58) and a 1-year high of GBX 288.80 ($3.60). The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 233.67 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 253.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 26.49, a current ratio of 0.78 and a quick ratio of 0.71. The company has a market cap of £1.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,627.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.70.

Moneysupermarket.com Group Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 28th will be issued a GBX 8.90 ($0.11) dividend. This is a boost from Moneysupermarket.com Group’s previous dividend of $3.20. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 28th. This represents a yield of 3.54%. Moneysupermarket.com Group’s dividend payout ratio is presently 9,230.77%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Peter Duffy sold 14,327 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 220 ($2.74), for a total value of £31,519.40 ($39,237.40). In the last 90 days, insiders acquired 193 shares of company stock valued at $45,198. 8.27% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Moneysupermarket.com Group Company Profile

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides price comparison and lead generation services through its websites in the United Kingdom. The company operates through Insurance, Money, Home Services, Travel, and Cashback segments. It offers MoneySuperMarket, a price comparison site, which provides online and app-based tools to help people save money on their household bills; MoneySavingExpert, a consumer finance website; Quidco, a cashback site; TravelSupermarket for comparing prices on a range of holiday options, including package holidays and hotels, low-cost and charter airlines, and car hire providers; icelolly.com, a holiday comparison and deals site; and Decision Tech, a price comparison platform.