Pennon Group Plc (LON:PNN - Get Free Report)'s stock price dropped 20.8% on Monday . The stock traded as low as GBX 422.60 ($5.26) and last traded at GBX 464.60 ($5.78). Approximately 527,841,875 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 1,906% from the average daily volume of 26,317,779 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 586.26 ($7.29).
The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 569.36 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 583.41. The company has a current ratio of 0.97, a quick ratio of 1.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 343.14. The company has a market cap of £1.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -11,325.00, a P/E/G ratio of 8.20 and a beta of 0.29.
Pennon Group (LON:PNN - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 27th. The company reported GBX (6.60) (($0.08)) earnings per share for the quarter. Pennon Group had a negative net margin of 1.05% and a negative return on equity of 0.74%. On average, equities analysts predict that Pennon Group Plc will post 1.0402417 earnings per share for the current year.
The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 30th will be given a dividend of GBX 14.69 ($0.18) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 30th. This represents a yield of 2.53%. Pennon Group's payout ratio is -152,500.00%.
At the top end of the FTSE250, Pennon is an infrastructure group, focused on the UK water market is one of only three listed water companies in the UK. Operating in a stable regulatory environment with a positive outlook, we are focused on long-term sustainable growth, through disciplined capital allocation, organic and acquisitive.
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