NCC Group (LON:NCC) Stock Price Up 0.1% - Time to Buy?

NCC Group plc (LON:NCC - Get Free Report)'s share price rose 0.1% during trading on Monday . The company traded as high as GBX 166.40 ($2.13) and last traded at GBX 162.40 ($2.07). Approximately 464,444 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 43% from the average daily volume of 821,326 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 162.20 ($2.07).

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Shore Capital restated a "buy" rating on shares of NCC Group in a research note on Tuesday.

NCC Group Stock Performance

The stock's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 161.27 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 155.83. The company has a market capitalization of £431.87 million, a P/E ratio of -1,720.00 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.15, a current ratio of 0.75 and a quick ratio of 0.97.

NCC Group Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 20th will be given a GBX 1.50 ($0.02) dividend. This represents a yield of 0.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 20th. NCC Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -6,250.00%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Mike Maddison sold 104,707 shares of NCC Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 168 ($2.15), for a total transaction of £175,907.76 ($224,744.81). Also, insider Guy Ellis sold 10,248 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 166 ($2.12), for a total transaction of £17,011.68 ($21,734.61). Company insiders own 5.57% of the company's stock.

About NCC Group

NCC Group plc engages in the cyber and software resilience business in the United Kingdom, the Asian-Pacific, North America, and Europe. The company operates in two segments, Cyber Security and Software Resilience. It offers assessment and advisory services, which include risk management, supply chain risk, cloud and infrastructure, application and security software, mobile, managed vulnerability scanning, hardware and embedded systems, and cryptography, as well as calibrator and cyber security review solutions.