PayPoint plc (LON:PAY - Get Free Report) insider Nick Wiles bought 18 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 22nd. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 695 ($8.56) per share, with a total value of £125.10 ($154.01).
PayPoint Stock Performance
LON:PAY traded down GBX 11 ($0.14) during trading hours on Thursday, reaching GBX 684 ($8.42). 121,808 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 411,472. The firm has a market capitalization of £493.37 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,395.92, a P/E/G ratio of 31.13 and a beta of 0.93. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 774.04 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 721.80. 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 1-year low of GBX 470 ($5.79) and a 1-year high of GBX 865 ($10.65).
PayPoint (LON:PAY - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 21st. The company reported GBX 27.80 ($0.34) earnings per share for the quarter. PayPoint had a net margin of 11.98% and a return on equity of 30.65%. Research analysts anticipate that PayPoint plc will post 56.9500056 EPS for the current year.
PayPoint Increases Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 27th will be given a dividend of GBX 9.70 ($0.12) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. This represents a yield of 1.16%. This is an increase from PayPoint's previous dividend of $9.60. PayPoint's dividend payout ratio is presently 3,877.55%.
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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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