Shares of Bridgepoint Group plc (LON:BPT - Get Free Report) dropped 11.6% during trading on Monday . The stock traded as low as GBX 247.20 ($3.24) and last traded at GBX 247.80 ($3.24). Approximately 97,968,586 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 1,929% from the average daily volume of 4,828,735 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 280.40 ($3.67).
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Separately, Citigroup raised shares of Bridgepoint Group to a "buy" rating and set a GBX 410 ($5.37) price objective for the company in a report on Thursday, March 20th.
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Bridgepoint Group Trading Down 3.7 %
The firm has a market cap of £2.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.58, a P/E/G ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 1.72. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 335.20 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 341.15. The company has a current ratio of 4.98, a quick ratio of 3.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.89.
Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 13th. The company reported GBX 19.50 ($0.26) earnings per share for the quarter. Bridgepoint Group had a net margin of 16.74% and a return on equity of 6.10%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Bridgepoint Group plc will post 17.4062165 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Bridgepoint Group Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 22nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be issued a GBX 4.60 ($0.06) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 24th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.43%. Bridgepoint Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 163.50%.
About Bridgepoint Group
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Bridgepoint Group plc is a private equity and private credit firm specializing in middle market, small mid cap, small cap, growth capital, buyouts investments, syndicate debt, infrastructure, direct lending and credit opportunities in private credit investments. It prefers to invest in advanced industrials, automation, agricultural sciences, energy transition enablers, business services, financial services, professional services, testing inspection and certification, information services, consumer, digital brands, video games, wellbeing products, health care, pharma and MedTech outsourced services, pharma products, and MedTech Products sectors.
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