PayPoint plc (LON:PAY) Insider Acquires £125.10 in Stock

PayPoint plc (LON:PAYGet Free Report) insider Nick Wiles purchased 18 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 22nd. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 695 ($8.56) per share, with a total value of £125.10 ($154.01).

PayPoint Stock Performance

PayPoint stock opened at GBX 687 ($8.46) on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of £495.53 million, a PE ratio of 1,402.04, a P/E/G ratio of 31.13 and a beta of 0.93. The company has a quick ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 81.52. PayPoint plc has a 12-month low of GBX 470 ($5.79) and a 12-month high of GBX 865 ($10.65). The business’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 774.04 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 721.80.

PayPoint (LON:PAYGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 21st. The company reported GBX 27.80 ($0.34) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. PayPoint had a net margin of 11.98% and a return on equity of 30.65%. As a group, analysts expect that PayPoint plc will post 56.9500056 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

PayPoint Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 27th will be paid a GBX 9.70 ($0.12) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 1.16%. This is a boost from PayPoint’s previous dividend of $9.60. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. PayPoint’s dividend payout ratio is presently 3,877.55%.

PayPoint Company Profile

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PayPoint plc engages in the provision of payments and banking, shopping, and e-commerce services and products in the United Kingdom. The company operates through two segments: PayPoint and Love2shop. The PayPoint segment provides card payment services to retailers, including leased payment devices; EPoS; ATM cash machines; SIM cards sales; receipt advertising; bill payment services and cash top-ups to individual consumers; parcel delivery and collection services; retailer service fees solutions; and digital payment services, as well as cash through to digital services.

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