Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) Insider Acquires £2,994.88 in Stock

Paragon Banking Group PLC (LON:PAG) insider Peter Hill acquired 382 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 784 per share, for a total transaction of £2,994.88.

Paragon Banking Group Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of LON:PAG opened at GBX 784 on Wednesday. Paragon Banking Group PLC has a 1 year low of GBX 650.50 and a 1 year high of GBX 981. The company has a market capitalization of £1.47 billion, a PE ratio of 8.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.50 and a beta of 1.17. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 863.13 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 852.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 120.17, a current ratio of 0.28 and a quick ratio of 1.48.

Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) last released its earnings results on Friday, January 16th. The company reported GBX 91.20 EPS for the quarter. Paragon Banking Group had a return on equity of 12.75% and a net margin of 21.40%. Analysts forecast that Paragon Banking Group PLC will post 104.0245566 earnings per share for the current year.

Paragon Banking Group declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Wednesday, December 3rd that authorizes the company to buyback 0 shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently commented on PAG shares. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 1,020 price objective on shares of Paragon Banking Group in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a GBX 1,050 target price on shares of Paragon Banking Group in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Shore Capital Group upped their price target on Paragon Banking Group from GBX 1,040 to GBX 1,055 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 1,028.20.

More Paragon Banking Group News

Here are the key news stories impacting Paragon Banking Group this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Non-executive director Graeme Yorston bought 500 shares at ~GBX 787, signalling a modest vote of confidence from the board. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Paragon executives exercised long-term share awards and increased their equity stakes — a constructive sign that management retains exposure to the stock (may also cause short-term share sales linked to exercise-tax/liquidity needs). Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst coverage remains supportive — several brokers have “buy/outperform” ratings and target prices around GBX 1,020–1,055, which underpins upside expectations versus the current mid‑700s–800s price range.
• Neutral Sentiment: Company filed routine director share dealing notices (compliance disclosures) confirming the transactions above — useful for transparency but not news by itself. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Large insider sales: Richard Woodman sold 67,669 shares (~GBX 777 avg; ~£525.8k) and Nigel S. Terrington sold 102,876 shares (~GBX 777 avg; ~£799.3k). Substantial disposals by senior figures are a negative near‑term signal and may pressure the stock if perceived as profit‑taking or rebalancing. (Source: company insider transaction filings)

Paragon Banking Group Company Profile

Paragon is a specialist banking group. It offers a range of savings accounts and provide finance for landlords and small
and medium-sized businesses (‘SMEs’) and residential property developers in the UK. Founded in 1985 and listed on the
London Stock Exchange, it is a FTSE-250 company. Headquartered in Solihull, it employs more than 1,400 people.
Its operations are organised into two lending divisions and lending is funded largely by retail deposits.