Stephen Ferguson Acquires 481 Shares of QBE Insurance Group Limited (ASX:QBE) Stock

QBE Insurance Group Limited (ASX:QBE) insider Stephen Ferguson purchased 481 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 12th. The shares were purchased at an average price of A$22.38 ($14.34) per share, with a total value of A$10,763.82 ($6,899.88).

QBE Insurance Group Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of $18.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.08, a P/E/G ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 0.69.

QBE Insurance Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a Final dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 10th were given a dividend of $0.63 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 2.99%. This is a boost from QBE Insurance Group’s previous Final dividend of $0.48. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 4th. QBE Insurance Group’s payout ratio is presently 28.57%.

QBE Insurance Group Company Profile

QBE Insurance Group Limited engages in underwriting general insurance and reinsurance risks in the Australia Pacific, North America, and internationally. It offers range of commercial, personal, and specialty products, such as commercial and domestic property, agriculture, public/product liability, motor and motor casualty, professional indemnity, workers' compensation, accident, health, financial and credit, and other insurance products, as well as marine, energy and aviation insurance products, and risk management solutions.