Key Points
- Insider purchases: CEO Nicolaos Nicandrou bought 21 shares on Feb 5 at GBX 562 (total £118.02) and previously bought 19 shares on Jan 6 at GBX 564 (total £107.16), representing small but recent insider buying.
- Analyst outlook vs. share price: Several brokers have raised targets and issued upgrades, yet the consensus remains a "Hold" with an average price target of GBX 750; the stock opened at GBX 749.50, near its one‑year high of GBX 766 and a market cap of £7.51bn.
- Fundamental concerns: Phoenix reports negative profitability metrics (P/E -11.82, net margin -2.10%, ROE -21.76%) and a high debt‑to‑equity ratio (160.32), highlighting ongoing financial pressures despite positive analyst revisions.
Phoenix Group Holdings plc (LON:PHNX - Get Free Report) insider Nicolaos Nicandrou acquired 21 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 5th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 562 per share, for a total transaction of £118.02.
Nicolaos Nicandrou also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Tuesday, January 6th, Nicolaos Nicandrou bought 19 shares of Phoenix Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 564 per share, with a total value of £107.16.
Phoenix Group Stock Down 0.7%
Shares of LON PHNX opened at GBX 749.50 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of £7.51 billion, a P/E ratio of -11.82, a PEG ratio of 1.95 and a beta of 0.73. Phoenix Group Holdings plc has a one year low of GBX 485.20 and a one year high of GBX 766. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 726.16 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 687.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 160.32, a current ratio of 3.30 and a quick ratio of 0.12.
Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, December 15th. The company reported GBX 32.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Phoenix Group had a negative net margin of 2.10% and a negative return on equity of 21.76%. As a group, analysts expect that Phoenix Group Holdings plc will post 51.179941 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Berenberg Bank boosted their target price on Phoenix Group from GBX 852 to GBX 918 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday. UBS Group upgraded Phoenix Group to a "buy" rating and boosted their price objective for the company from GBX 670 to GBX 770 in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded shares of Phoenix Group to a "neutral" rating and raised their target price for the stock from GBX 593 to GBX 752 in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of Phoenix Group from GBX 605 to GBX 620 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a research report on Thursday. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of GBX 750.
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Phoenix Group Company Profile
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Phoenix Group is one of the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement businesses with over £290 billion of assets under administration and c. 12 million customers. We were founded in 1782 and are based in London, UK, and our family of brands include Standard Life, SunLife and ReAssure. We are a constituent of the FTSE 100 with c. 6,600 colleagues and offer a broad range of savings and retirement income products to support people across all stages of their savings journey. We are a growing and sustainable business with a clear purpose - helping people secure a life of possibilities.
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