Boyd Group Services Inc. (TSE:BYD) Director Robert Berthold Espey Purchases 100 Shares

Boyd Group Services Inc. (TSE:BYD) Director Robert Berthold Espey purchased 100 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 22nd. The stock was acquired at an average price of C$228.69 per share, with a total value of C$22,869.00.

Boyd Group Services Stock Up 0.1 %

BYD opened at C$226.17 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average of C$242.67 and a two-hundred day moving average of C$264.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 146.14, a quick ratio of 0.30 and a current ratio of 0.61. Boyd Group Services Inc. has a fifty-two week low of C$211.22 and a fifty-two week high of C$324.75. The stock has a market capitalization of C$4.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 59.99, a PEG ratio of -56.72 and a beta of 1.01.

Boyd Group Services (TSE:BYD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The company reported C$0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.82 by C($0.05). Boyd Group Services had a return on equity of 7.21% and a net margin of 1.93%. The business had revenue of C$1.07 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of C$1.08 billion. On average, research analysts expect that Boyd Group Services Inc. will post 3.6132651 earnings per share for the current year.

Boyd Group Services Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 29th. Investors of record on Sunday, June 30th were paid a $0.15 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 28th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.27%. Boyd Group Services’s dividend payout ratio is currently 15.92%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. CIBC cut their target price on shares of Boyd Group Services from C$290.00 to C$268.00 in a report on Friday, August 9th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on Boyd Group Services from C$325.00 to C$300.00 in a research note on Friday, August 9th. National Bankshares lowered their target price on Boyd Group Services from C$310.00 to C$270.00 in a report on Friday, August 9th. Desjardins upgraded shares of Boyd Group Services from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 15th. Finally, National Bank Financial raised Boyd Group Services from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 15th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Boyd Group Services currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$285.69.

Boyd Group Services Company Profile

Boyd Group Services Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates non-franchised collision repair centers in North America. The company operates its locations under the Boyd Autobody & Glass and Assured Automotive names in Canada; and Gerber Collision & Glass name in the United States. It also operates as a retail auto glass operator under the Gerber Collision & Glass, Glass America, Auto Glass Service, Auto Glass Authority, and Autoglassonly.com names in the United States.