Primary Health Properties (LON:PHP) Stock Price Crosses Below 200-Day Moving Average of $94.99

Primary Health Properties Plc (LON:PHP)’s stock price crossed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 94.99 ($1.18) and traded as low as GBX 92.10 ($1.15). Primary Health Properties shares last traded at GBX 92.45 ($1.15), with a volume of 2,124,310 shares traded.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on PHP shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. started coverage on shares of Primary Health Properties in a research note on Friday, March 1st. They issued a “neutral” rating and a GBX 105 ($1.31) price target for the company. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 103 ($1.28) price target on shares of Primary Health Properties in a research note on Friday, February 9th.

Primary Health Properties Trading Up 0.4 %

The firm has a market capitalization of £1.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4,512.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.64 and a beta of 0.34. The firm’s 50 day moving average is GBX 91.81 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 94.97. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 93.62.

Primary Health Properties Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 17th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 28th will be paid a dividend of GBX 1.73 ($0.02) per share. This represents a yield of 1.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 28th. Primary Health Properties’s dividend payout ratio is presently 35,000.00%.

Insider Activity at Primary Health Properties

In other Primary Health Properties news, insider Harry Abraham Hyman bought 74,890 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 5th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 92 ($1.15) per share, with a total value of £68,898.80 ($85,769.70). In other news, insider Bandhana Rawal purchased 27,549 shares of Primary Health Properties stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 29th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 90 ($1.12) per share, for a total transaction of £24,794.10 ($30,865.31). Also, insider Harry Abraham Hyman purchased 74,890 shares of Primary Health Properties stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 5th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 92 ($1.15) per share, with a total value of £68,898.80 ($85,769.70). Insiders acquired a total of 124,072 shares of company stock valued at $11,359,526 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 2.59% of the company’s stock.

Primary Health Properties Company Profile

Primary Health Properties (PHP) is the leading investor in modern healthcare properties in the UK & Ireland. PHP is a UK based Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) with a clear objective to create progressive returns to shareholders through a combination of earnings growth and capital appreciation.