Bridgepoint Group (BPT) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in United Kingdom, New York and Nordic region. It prefers to makes equity investment between £4.77 million ($5.91 million) and £125 million ($154.82 million), for small mid cap between £40 million ($49.54 million) and £125 million ($154.82 million) and for small cap between £10 million ($12.39 million) and £25 million ($30.96 million), with enterprise value between 10 million ($10.74 million) and 1000 million ($1073.62 million). Bridgepoint Group plc was founded in 1985 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in North America, Asia and Europe. Bridgepoint Group plc formerly known as Bridgepoint Group Limited.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 348.40 to 368.80
• 50-Day Range: 311.40 to 379.20
• 52-Week Range: 202.40 to 391.20
• Volume: 4.91 million shs
• Average Volume: 715,817 shs
• Market Capitalization: £2.97 billion
• P/E Ratio: 4,512.50
• Dividend Yield: 2.49%
• Price Target: GBX 334
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Bridgepoint Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Bridgepoint Group scored higher than 13% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Bridgepoint Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Bridgepoint Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Bridgepoint Group is 4,512.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 113.39.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Bridgepoint Group is 4,512.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 419.53.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Bridgepoint Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.61. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Bridgepoint Group has a P/B Ratio of 3.97. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BPT.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Bridgepoint Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.83%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Bridgepoint Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Bridgepoint Group is 11,250.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BPT.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Bridgepoint Group this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for BPT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 150% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Bridgepoint Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

20.03% of the stock of Bridgepoint Group is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 20.36% of the stock of Bridgepoint Group is held by institutions.

BPT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BPT shares performed this year?

Bridgepoint Group's stock was trading at GBX 279.20 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, BPT shares have increased by 29.3% and is now trading at GBX 361.
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How do I buy shares of Bridgepoint Group?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Bridgepoint Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Bridgepoint Group investors own include SuRo Capital (SSSS), (RJETQ) (RJETQ), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Mesa Royalty Trust (MTR), Transocean (RIG), Unilever (ULVR) and AutoZone (AZO).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 10/28 Dividend: 9/19/2024
• Dividend Payable: 10/28/2024
• Today: 12/21/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Asset Management
• Sub-Industry: Petroleum And Natural Gas
• Current Symbol: LON:BPT
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: bpt.investorhq.businesswire.com
• Phone: 12128155084
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 391
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 334
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 358
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 310
• Potential Upside/Downside: -7.5%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.08
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 4,512.50
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.74
• P/E Growth: 0.61
• Net Income: £65.60 million
• Net Margins: 19.18%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 8.85%
• Return on Assets: 3.47%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 14.55
• Current Ratio: 4.98
• Quick Ratio: 3.60

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £342.10 million
• Price / Sales: 8.68
• Cash Flow: GBX 54.97 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.57
• Book Value: GBX 91 per share
• Price / Book: 3.97

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 822,640,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £2.97 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.72